Cherry Blossom

I want to see the Cherry Blossom Festival
The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival
A popular Rite of Spring for the Japanese people is the traditional Hanami celebration or cherry blossom party. It involves sitting under a blooming cherry tree. The cherry tree, sakura, is native to Japan, and every time I look at the tiny cherry blossom in my garden I long to see the real thing in its country of origin, in Spring, at the Cherry Blossom Festival. Every year the Japanese people track the sakura zensen, the cherry blossom front, as it moves northward. One year I will follow ...

Cherry blossom viewing - Sakura
Sakura and cherry blossom viewing
Sakura is the japanese expression for cherry blossom. Cherry trees and the viewing of their blossoms is of great cultural importance in Japan. The blooming of the cherry trees is a highlight in the japanese spring season, which is celebrated each year with the traditional Hanami - the cherry blossom festival. The cherry bloom is the national flower of Japan. Cherry blossoms have been for centuries subjects of the arts, especially in short poem poetry called Haiku and in visual arts, in woodcu...

The Fleeting Life of Cherry Blossoms
The Fleeting Moments in Time are Worth Observing in Person
It's no wonder why people are captivated by the bloom of cherry blossoms. Their beauty is so anticipated that people pinpoint the almost precise day for their bloom. There are many cherry blossom festivals all over the world that celebrate the blooming of these flowers. Unfortunately, these cloud-like trees don't hold their blossoms for long. As soon as they start blooming they are almost in their peak within in the next three to four days. They also do not hold onto their pedals for very lon...