Save your cherry blossom party memories with this sakura USB stick
Japanese online shop Midori focuses on releases that reflect their concept of “small nature”, and their latest item ties that philosophy perfectly into the cherry…
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2020 Sakura Viewing: Best Bento Ideas for Hanami in Japan
Early cherry blossoms already started to bloom in Japan together with the ume (plum) flowers and the spring season is just around the corner. Outside…
Japan Sakura Hanami Guide: Best Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Fukuoka
Fukuoka represents one of the 6th largest cities in the Japanese archipelago and is the biggest city of Kyushu Prefecture. One of the Kyushu’s main…
Japan Flower Guide 2020: What Flowers Bloom in Spring and When
Many visitors come annually to Japan just to see the flowers, especially the famous sakura trees, blooming during the spring season. The sakura (cherry blossoms)…
Photographers Are Sharing The Beautiful Snowy End To A Special Cherry Blossom Season In Japan
As Japan’s beautiful sakura season begins to approach its end and people wrap up their hanami, or cherry blossom viewing parties, photographers have flocked to…
Tokyo Tower’s New Digital Sakura Mapping Installation Lets You Make Cherry Blossoms Fall With Your Hands
While the traditional way to celebrate Japan’s famed cherry blossom season is to enjoy sakura viewing with a hanami party, in recent years artistic digital…
Starbucks Japan Releases New Cherry Blossom Scene-Inspired Sakura Beverages
Like clockwork, every year Japanese companies flood the market with loads of sakura-themed and flavored goods to celebrate the gorgeous cherry blossom season, which appears…
Japan’s Raindrop Jellies Are Back with Real Cherry Blossoms Inside
Cherry Blossom season is coming, and it’s coming even earlier than usual according to forecasts. The pink floodgates have opened, and all manner of sakura-themed…
Artist Beautifully Combines Japanese “Spiritual Birds” And Trees To Illustrate The Four Seasons
One of the minor but common grievances you’ll find among expatriates in Japan is a disdain for being asked “Does your country have four seasons?”…
Fallen Cherry Blossoms Create Mysteriously Beautiful Nighttime Flower Raft in Aomori, Japan
You may have thought cherry blossom season was over but while Tokyo is caught in the post-sakura blues, Tohoku region is still in the pink….
One of Japan’s Most Famous Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots is Even More Magical After Dark
Beautiful nighttime photography of cherry blossoms in Hirosaki Park. The end of sakura season in Japan typically means saying goodbye to the slew of seasonal…
Instagrammers Breaking Off Branches For Selfies Could Kill Beloved Cherry Trees
Now that the cherry blossoms are in full bloom in many parts of Japan, sakura enthusiasts are everywhere trying to enjoy the beautiful pink blossoms….
Talented Japanese Night Photographer Stumbles Across Heart Cherry Blossom Formation in Tokyo
Visiting Naohiro Yako (@yako_flpr3)’s Instagram, you will be struck by his arresting urban photography taken in major Japanese cities. Armed with his camera, he’s managed…
Japanese Photographers Capture Magical Cherry Blossom Scenes in Unexpected Spring Snow
After the particularly frosty winter, peaking at the January snowstorm, Tokyo’s inhabitants finally thought it was safe to say springtime has arrived. We enjoyed agreeable…
Commute In Style To Cherry Blossom Viewing Parties With Tokyo’s New Sakura Train
Whenever Japan gears up for hanami, or cherry blossom viewing, during the spring, you can be sure that an inexorable wave of sakura-themed goods are…