Japanese Cherry Blossoms
Japanese Cherry Blossoms posts cover sakura, the short-lived flowering of ornamental cherry trees that defines spring across the country. Articles look at the Yoshino cherry that dominates urban planting, the weeping shidarezakura common at temple gardens, the late-blooming yaezakura with double flowers, the daily blossom forecast from the Japan Meteorological Agency, the hanami picnic tradition under the trees and the sites in Kyoto, Tokyo and Hirosaki that draw the largest crowds. There are also notes on the cultural meaning of mono no aware and on the Washington DC trees gifted to the United States in 1912.
Discover how the Japanese are cashing in on the cherry
