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Cherry Blossom Festival In Japan
Cherry Blossom Festival In Japan
Another reason I need to visit Japan ??
Posted by UNILAD Adventure on Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Japan is known around the world for its cherry blossom festivals. Known as hanami in Japanese, cherry blossom festivals are an important custom. In fact, they are held all over Japan during the springtime.
In most large cities like Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, the cherry blossom season normally takes place around the end of March and the beginning of April.
It’s said that the origin of hanami dates back to more than a thousand years ago when aristocrats enjoyed looking at beautiful cherry blossoms and wrote poems inspired by them.
Today people in Japan make fun a key component of cherry blossom viewing. They drink and eat, making the tradition of blossom-viewing more like a picnic under the trees.
Hanami is also celebrated to a lesser extent in China, Korea, and Taiwan. Smaller celebrations can be enjoyed throughout the US and Europe.
Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, DC. The gift and annual celebration honor the lasting friendship between the United States and Japan and the continued close relationship between the two countries.
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