Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
International Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, Georgia, United States. In the United States, hanami has also become very popular. In 1912, Japan gave 3,000 sakura trees as a gift to the United States to celebrate the nations' friendship. These trees were planted in Washington, D.C., and another 3,800 trees were donated in 1965. [27]
Sidewalk Parade 2008 -- An event of the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia. Sakura Sunday, an outdoor Japanese cultural fair that takes place at the Horticulture Center in Fairmount Park, is the festival's largest event. Family and friends come together under the blossoms to experience performances, meet visitors from Japan ...
Japanese festivals, or matsuri (Japanese: 祭り), are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.The origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities); there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make offerings to the kami", and ...
Cherry Blossoms (German: Kirschblüten – Hanami) is a 2008 German drama film directed by Doris Dörrie.This film, starring Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner and Aya Irizuki, tells the story of Rudi: terminally ill, he travels to Japan after the sudden death of his wife Trudi – in order to make up for missed opportunities in life.
The Cherry Blossom Festival extends through April but special events are focused on Sakura Weekend, April 13-14. ... There's no need to travel to Japan, or Washington, D.C., this spring to see ...
Film festival: Tokyo: Mainichi Film Awards: Film festival: Tokyo: Okinawa International Movie Festival: Film festival: Ginowan & Naha, Okinawa Island: Tokyo Filmex: Film festival: Tokyo: Tokyo International Film Festival [1] Film festival: Tokyo: Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Film festival: Tokyo: Yamagata International ...
Omote-yama (表山), the festival float of Hitachi Furyumono. The Hitachi Furyumono (日立風流物) is a parade in Hitachi city, Japan. [1] It is held during Hitachi Sakura Matsuri (日立さくらまつり), the annual cherry blossom festival in April, and the Great Festival at the local Kamine Shrine [] once in every seven years in May.
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.