Cherry Blossom Season

Spring is on our door and with it will soon come the beautiful cherry blossoms. Hasta donde un símbolo, es difícil encontrar algo que los ataques más buenos el ideal japonés. Its meaning has changed over time, but has always remained Japanese through and through. Frankly, it is one of the best part of living in Japan and it is quite easy to understand why the Japanese have been going back to see the cherry trees bloom year after year for centuries.

La contemplación de lozanía ("hanami" en japonés) está sobre cómo disfrutar la belleza de flores. But over the years, it has come to center especially around cherry blossoms. The period is short but explosive! To be honest, even if you actively tried to avoid seeing cherry blossoms, it would be hard NOT to get a glimpse of a pink petal here and there. There is even a blossom forecast (called Sakura Zensen in Japanese) so you can adjust your schedule!

The year 2012 is also important for cherry trees as it marks the 100th anniversary of the donation by Japan in 1912 of cherry blossom trees to Washington DC. So it is not exclusively a Japanese thing anymore. In fact, the Tidal Basin, where the donated trees have been planted, has become one of the most famous cherry blossom viewing spots in the world. Como él es, las lozanías de la cereza no sólo representan el "japaneseness," pero también ha venido conmemorar la amistad entre dos países, entre Japón y los Estados Unidos de América.

If we look back 100 years, we discover that Yokohama is connected to this gift in more ways than one. Not only did the trees embark on their voyage to America from the Port of Yokohama, but Eliza R. Scidmore, who initiated the project and saw it through, was an American travel writer residing in Yokohama. She now rests peacefully in the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. The City of Yokohama had made a commemorative logo to celebrate related events taking place throughout 2012.

Una búsqueda rápida en la Guía (el sitio externo)" de Visitantes de "Yokohama website creado por la Convención del Yokohama y Escritorio de los Visitantes te dará una idea buena de los lugares más buenos en Yokohama para contemplar las lozanías de la cereza. It is definitely worth a look. De hecho, no sólo lista también lugares pero eventos.

I invite you all to search where the cherry blossom spot closest to you is and check it out. And do not miss the O-oka River Promenade with hundreds of cherry trees planted along the river bed.

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Note: The information and links on this page date from 2012.