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Cherry Blossoms!

Cherry blossoms can be viewed from Jan. to June in different regions in Japan. 
There are hundreds of cherry blossom festivals held during this time.

April 2000 - Ueno Park, Tokyo

For as long as anyone has been able to record, the Sakura no Hana (cherry blossom) has been seen as the national flower of Japan. The Japanese love this flower for its beauty, it is seen as such a delicate flower. Also, the flower's life is very short and when the pedals begin to fall -  only then can you appreciate the fleeting beauty of this flower.

 

There are over 100 different varieties of the flower, and they bloom on mainland Japan anywhere from March in Kyushu to May in Hokkaido. Millions of people will make pilgrimages to famous viewing sights every spring to enjoy this fleeting beauty.

 
  

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Elders Dattilo, Levesque, Morishage, Page, Squires, Wood, Pearce, Hinkins, Weidinger Cherry blossoms and a million Japanese people in Ueno Park In front of a torii - shinto shrine (Heaven's gate?) and a guy with cool hair 

 

ABOUT CHERRY BLOSSOMS

CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVALS

bulletYaedake Cherry Blossom Festival Motobu, Okinawa -- The earliest cherry blossom festival in the year.
bulletKyoto Hirano Shrine Cherry Blossom Festival Kyoto-city, Kyoto -- More than 500 sakura trees.
bulletKumamoto Castle Cherry Blossom Festival Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto -- More than 600 cherry trees.
bulletTateyama Park Cherry Blossom Festival Nagasaki-city, Nagasaki -- More than 700 sakura trees.
bulletOkajo Koen Cherry Blossom Festival (Takeda-city, Saga -- More than 2500 sakura trees. One of the best spots for cherry blossoms in Japan.
bulletKochi Koen Cherry Blossom Festival Kochi-city, Kochi -- More than 300 sakura trees.
bulletMatsuyama Castle Cherry Blossom Festival Matsuyama-city, Ehime -- More than 300 sakura trees.
bulletKameyama Koen Cherry Blossom Festival Marugame-city, Kagawa -- More than 1000 sakura trees
bulletSeibu Koen Cherry Blossom Festival Tokushima-city, Tokushima -- More than 500 sakura trees.
bulletMatsue Castle Cherry Blossom Festival Matue-city, Shimane -- More than 400 sakura trees.
bulletHiroshima Peace Park Cherry Blossom Festival Hiroshima-city, Hiroshima -- More than 300 sakura trees.
bulletTsuyama Kakuzan Koen Cherry Blossom Festival Tsuyama-city, Okayama -- More than 5000 sakura trees.
bulletTakato Koen Cherry Blossom Festival Takato-town, Nagano -- More than 1500 sakura trees.
bulletTakada Koen Cherry Blossom Festival Joetsu-city, Niigata -- More than 3400 sakura trees. Light-up at nights.
bulletOmiya Koen Cherry Blossom Festival Saitama-city, Saitama -- More than 500 sakura trees.
bulletOgawara Cherry Blossom Festival Ogawara-city, Miyagi -- More than 900 sakura trees.
bulletMogami Park Cherry Blossom Festival Mogami-city, Iwate -- More than 10000 sakura trees.
bulletHirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival Hirosaki-city, Aomori -- More than 2600 sakura trees.
bulletMatsumae Park Cherry Blossom Festival Matsumae-town, Hokkaido -- More than 10000 sakura trees.
 

The song you are hearing is "Sakura" 
- a traditional Japanese folksong

                   

  

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