Hanami Season: Japan Takes Flowers Seriously

Here are some pictures of various cherry blossom trees that are blooming now. When they bloom people hold festivals, and everyone goes out and looks at the trees and has picnics and such. There is even cherry blossom candy, cherry blossom tea, etc. It’s really cute! Since the trees are so beautiful they are often planted to line a street. These trees which were once gray skeletons during winter are now full of light pink flowers. It only lasts a bit longer than a week, so I am trying to enjoy them. I even went out and drew them on Monday. Japan tracks their blooming progress from the south to the north of Japan on weather and news reports. It’s taken so seriously that it’s really cute.