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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 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 ...
The painting shows a hanami cherry blossom–viewing party in the Yoshiwara pleasure district in Edo. [19] 45 figures appear in it. [23] The scene is a teahouse, though one of a more exaggerated grandeur than a real one. [19] A sign of spring, sakura cherry-blossom petals fall all around, [9] and azaleas bloom in the bottom right. [10]
From tulips in Holland to cherry blossoms in Japan, here are the best ways to see the world's most famous spring flowers.
Traverse City, Michigan. Pack up the car for a road trip up M-37 to view Michigan's impressive cherry blossom display. There are an estimated two million cherry trees along the drive, with trees ...
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.
Hanami (花見, lit. "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, "flower" in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms (桜 or 櫻, sakura), or ume blossoms (梅, ume).
The Hanami Line project has been in the works for about 10 years.