And the cross blooms

Elide Siviero

I have found out that in Japan there is the traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers, mainly cherry tree-flowers (called Hanami) in spring time. So the Hanami has become the symbol of the fragility and the beauty of life. The practise of Hanami is many centuries old and Japanese people continue this tradition by gathering in great number wherever the flowering trees (Sakura) are found.

The blossom forecast in announced every year by the Japanese Meteorological Agency and is watched carefully by those planning Hanami. In modern day Japan this mostly consists in having an outdoor party beneath the trees during the Sakura... (continue)

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