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Mar 23, 2017 · March 23, 2017 6:27 AM EDT. T he calendar, if little else, says spring is here. Although many flock to see cherry blossoms, that reliable harbinger of the season, history shows these buds are more ...
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Apr 11, 2024 · In Japan, the annual spring explosion of blushing pink cherry blossoms has been celebrated for more than 1,200 years.The western world came late to the cherry blossom party, but now there are cherry blossom festivals around the world — in Sweden, Canada, Spain and more — as well as the long-running National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. scheduled for March 20 – April 14, 2024.
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Hanami (flower viewing) is an old and ongoing tradition. The practice was first associated with plum blossoms before becoming almost exclusively linked with cherry blossoms by the Heian Period (794–1185).
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At this time, hanami (which literally means looking at flowers) was done in the Chinese tradition with the viewing of plum (ume, 梅) blossoms. One hundred years into the Heian Period (794-1185), Japan ended the practice of sending envoys to China to study its culture and technologies, opening the way for Japan to foster its own culture and set the p...
Shogun continued to plant cherry trees after the capital moved to present-day Tokyo in 1603. Iemitsu Tokugawa planted sakura trees from Yoshino at the Kanei-ji Temple in present-day Ueno Park, and in 1720, Yoshimune Tokugawa planted some in Asakusa and Asukayama (near Oji) as he sought to share cherry blossoms with commoners. There is a theory that...
Near the end of the Edo Period (1603-1868), one of the biggest events in modern cherry blossom viewing occurred when the Somei-yoshino variety was created in Tokyo’s Komagome, which at the time was known as Somei Village. About 80% of Japan’s cherry trees are this type, which is a cultivated cross between the Ohshima and Edohigan varieties. The che...
Somei-yoshino trees grow only as far north as southern Hokkaido. The sakura map in northern Hokkaido, therefore, includes Ezo-yamazakura or, in Nemuro, the Chishima-zakura. In Okinawa, the Kanhi-zakura is used. The Meteorological Agency bases its maps and forecastson specified sample trees. In Tokyo, the index tree is in Yasukuni Shrine. Cherry blo...
Many Somei-yoshino trees were planted after the Second World War, meaning they are now elderly. There is concern that they may die off. Cherry trees are not very hardy, according to the Cherry Blossom Association. They do badly in dry conditions and, because their roots are not deep, they can be damaged by being stepped on or by the ground being ha...
As much as one would love to spend hours gazing at sakura flowers for a well-deserved hanami, the current coronavirus outbreak situation needs us to refrain from joining public gatherings as well as using public transports to reach the best hanami places we know. However, you still can enjoy some sakura flower beauty…with virtual reality. The kind ...
Renewal. Similarly, cherry blossoms represent a time of renewal and rebirth. Year after year, the pops of pink mark the unofficial end of the bleak winter months and signify the long-awaited beginning of spring. This also overlaps with the beginning of the school year in Japan.
The planting of cherry trees in Washington DC originated in 1912 as a gift of friendship to the People of the United States from the People of Japan. In Japan, the flowering cherry tree, or "Sakura," is an important flowering plant. The beauty of the cherry blossom is a symbol with rich meaning in Japanese culture.
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Mar 28, 2016 · The history. In Japan, the celebration of cherry blossoms has been practiced for centuries: Sakura trees have been popular since the 8th century, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the great warlord and ...
