Why is it so popular?

He sponsored some of the most lavish cherry blossom events in history

Held a cherry blossom festival for 5,000 people on Mount Yoshino

Planted 700 cherry trees around Daigo-ji Temple

Samurai Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Emperor Saga

Organized the first cherry blossom viewing festival at the court in Kyoto

For the celebration he ordered more than 3,000 luxurious kimonos for the ladies of the court

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The Japanese gather in groups, take the most beautiful places in advance, have picnics, and spend hours talking while admiring the sakura trees

Hanami - the Sakura Blossom Festival

What's the right way to admire sakura trees?

art

Damien Hirst

Sakura has been celebrated in art for centuries. Poems and paintings are written about it

Kazuo Hasegawa

Hasui Kawase

Issa

There are no strangers between us. We are all brothers to each other. Under the cherry blossoms!

If there were no cherry blossoms in this world
How much more tranquil
our hearts would be in spring

Shiro Kasamatsu

Ariwara no Narihira

For the Japanese, she has become a symbol of the beauty and transience of life. And every spring, people praise its beauty

Sakura is no longer not just a tree, it is a symbol of Japan

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The project was made for educational purposes on the course from Anya Melnik and Sasha Vasiliev and is not commercial. All materials are taken from open sources and belong to their authors

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