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Hanami picnics in front of Himeji Castle, 2005 Osaka Castle. Hanami (花見, "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers; flowers (花, hana) in this case almost always refer to those of the cherry (桜, sakura) or, less frequently, plum (梅, ume) trees. [1]
The cherry blossom front between Kyushu and Kanto, 2007 The cherry blossom front ( 桜前線 , sakura zensen ) is the advance of the cherry blossoms across Japan . The Japan Meteorological Agency records the opening and full bloom of the blossoms from Kyūshū in late March to Hokkaidō in the middle of May.
Maruyama Park (円山公園, Maruyama kōen) is a park in Kyoto, Japan.It is noted as the main center for cherry blossom viewing in Kyoto, and can get extremely crowded at that time of year (April).
The Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival was first organized in 2016 as an initiative by the Government of Meghalaya to promote tourism in the region. [10] Led by Forest and Environment Minister Prestone Tynsong, with support from the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), The festival has expanded in both size and attendance over the years, gaining attention from the media ...
The garden is a favourite hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) spot, and large crowds can be present during cherry blossom season. The garden has more than 20,000 trees, including approximately 1,500 cherry trees , which bloom from late March ( Shidare or Weeping Cherry) to early April ( Somei or Tokyo Cherry), and on to late April ( Kanzan Cherry ).
Cherry tree in bloom in Yachounomori Garden, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan, April 2009 The cherry blossom, or sakura, is the flower of trees in Prunus subgenus Cerasus. Sakura usually refers to flowers of ornamental cherry trees, such as cultivars of Prunus serrulata, not trees grown for their fruit [1]: 14–18 [2] (although these also have blossoms).
The Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia, [1] at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, is an annual spring celebration based on the Japanese custom of Hanami (cherry blossom viewing). The festival, which is presented by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia , commemorates a 1926 gift of 1,600 cherry blossom trees from ...
In the present day, ornamental cherry blossom trees are distributed and cultivated worldwide. [1] While flowering cherry trees were historically present in Europe, North America, and China, [2] the practice of cultivating ornamental cherry trees was centered in Japan, [3] and many of the cultivars planted worldwide, such as that of Prunus × yedoensis, [4] [5] have been developed from Japanese ...