Japan currently celebrates spring by gazing at the blossoming of cherry trees, the sighting of which is a deep-rooted tradition. The pale pink buds are in bloom and remind us that it is time to invade the parks, where the Japanese usually come to have lunch or party in the shade of the cherry trees.
Tokyo this Wednesday is completely covered in sakura blossoms pic.twitter.com/szyO8SW6BA
— Mathieu TokyoVisite (@tokyovisite) March 30, 2022
These moments are called “ohanami” (viewing flowers, in Japanese) and they can last day and night. In Tokyo, hundreds of people went to the big parks of the city such as those of Ueno and Yoyogi as well as the banks of the Sumida.
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The blossoming of the cherry trees is feverishly awaited each year by the Japanese but also by foreign visitors, some of whom organize their trip around this event. It symbolizes in Japanese culture the fragility of life, the ephemeral nature of existence, because the flowers are fully blossomed only for a week before their petals scatter while tender green leaves invade the branches of the trees. .