Sakura! Japanese celebrate cherry blossoms
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Cherry blossoms are in bloom
People across Japan are celebrating the peak cherry blossom viewing season one week after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.
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After a gap of two years
Trees are in full bloom this week in many parts of Japan. The blossoms are attracting many people who had avoided participating in the national tradition for two years because of the pandemic.
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Thousands at hanami spots
At Chidorigafuchi Park, a famous “hanami” or cherry blossom viewing spot northwest of the Imperial Palace, thousands of people turned up . Hanami is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers.
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Sense of pureness
People viewed the blossoms while strolling under rows of trees or from rowboats on the palace moat. For the Japanese, cherry blossoms, which bloom and then fall en masse, connote a sense of pureness.
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Covid measures
At many parks, viewers were requested this year not to gather under the trees for drinking parties — a traditional way of celebrating the season. This is part of continuing anti-virus measures.
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Japan’s favorite flower
Cherry blossom, or “sakura,” is Japan’s favorite flower. They usually reach their peak in late March to early April, just as the country celebrates the start of a new school and business year.