The beautiful Flowering Dogwood Princess Takako Goto (Left) and Satoko Moriguchi (Middle) pose with the Flowering Dogwood Queen, Kiyoka Kondo (Right).

The selection of the Dogwood Queen is named in honor of the flowering American dogwoods given to the country of Japan.

The captivating Miss Kiyoka Kondo was chosen to be the Queen from 142 applicants living in Ise City, Japan.