Cherry blossom
The Japanese Cherry Blossom (Japanese桜, sakura ) is one of the main symbols of Japanese culture. It stands for beauty, departure and transience (物の哀れ, mono no aware). The Cherry blossom marks a high point in the Japanese calendar and the beginning of spring.
Description
Normally one refers to the blossoms of the Yoshino cherry - trees (Prunus × yedoensis ) and the other in Japan domestic cherry species. The cherry blossom is the official plant of Tokyo.
The cherry blossom begins in Japan in mid or late March in Kyushu and "wanders" then to the northeast until it arrives in Hokkaido around the beginning of May. During this time, the " cherry blossom front " (桜 前线, sakura censuses ) will be announced as part of the weather forecast. The otherwise monotonous acting Japan is through a sea of cherry blossoms immersed ( almost half of all deciduous trees in Japanese cities are cherry trees ) in pink and white and is suddenly unreal beautiful. The time of the cherry blossom is therefore a preferred vacation and travel season in Japan.
In about ten days, when the cherry blossoms are in their own area in bloom, celebrate almost all the inhabitants of Japan, a hanami with friends, colleagues or family in a park or another for this excellent site, which assumes carnival -like character. O- bento, and often plenty of beer or sake as well as a base (typically large blue plastic sheeting ) to sit on the floor, among the utensils with which people gather in and cherry trees in the city and in the country. Especially among colleagues and students is the evening - night Hanami popular after work. For the nightly cherry trees (夜 桜, Yozakura ) are illuminated in some parks.
Just as the cherry blossom, so to speak heralds the warm part of the year, sounds out of this with the falling autumn leaves (红叶, momiji ).
The cherry blossom in Japan is a symbol of feminine beauty. Often one reads that the cherry blossom was a symbol of the transience of the samurai, but in this case there is a confusion with the Tsubaki ( camellia ) ago.
On Gojo River, Iwakura
Cherry Blossoms in Higashinada -ku, Kobe
Cherry blossom at Tokyo Tower
Sakura Song
The cherry blossom is since time immemorial the subject of countless poems and songs and, as background in stories and films a certain mood ago. Sakura, sakura is, a well -known in Europe, popular Japanese folk song:
In 2007, the Office of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the Confederation of Parents' Associations ( PTA日本全国 协议 会, Nihon Zenkoku Kyogikai PTA ) a selection of 100 songs together, which are sung by children and parents. This Sakura, sakura was taken at No. 42.