Sakura -cherry blossom-

Spring in Japan, we Japanese crazy for Sakura.
Sakura is cherry blossom. Japanese loves this small pretty flower.
Sometimes we drink SAKE and eat dishes at Sakura tree.
It is called HANAMI (means"flowers viewing").
HANAMI is very popular and essential event in Japan.
HANAMI makes many Japanese crazy, drunken sometimes a mob.
If you come Japan in April you must go to the park where Sakura tree is planted.
You can enjoy the party like this.



In Japan we have so many songs about Sakura.
I edited famous SAKURA songs in SAKURA lyrics part.
You can find how Japanese loves Sakura.



Why dose Japanese love Sakura so much?
Japanese loves ephemeral things very much.
Fleeting thing, event and story moves Japanese.
Sakura bloom shortly about 10 days.
It's very ephemeral. So Japanese are touched by fleeting Sakura's beauty.
After the Sakura fall we miss it and wait for next year Sakura.
That's Japanese mentality.