The weather forecast is predicting rain for this weekend's full bloom, disrupting cherry blossom-viewing picnic plans, so paintings in bloom might just be the next best thing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/03/28/art/sakura-art-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #sakura #exhibitions #painting #japaneseart
113 years of fleeting beauty…
#thursdaytimemachine #1912 #sakura #potomac #japan #ladytaft #openartai #aiart #pixelwave
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Covering 86641m2, Maruyama-kōen (円山公園) is the oldest and most popular of Kyōto’s parks.
Officially opened in 1886, from 1912 Ogawa Jihei (小川治兵衛 d.1933) landscaped the park into a pond and stroll garden (池泉回遊式庭園) over 3 years.
On the morning of March 27, cherry blossoms have started blooming in Osaka! This is the same date as usual and 3 days earlier than last year. #sakura #cherryblossom #osaka
3月27日午前、大阪で桜が開花しました☆ 平年の開花日と同日で、昨年より3日早い観測です。 #sakura #cherryblossom #osaka
PEAK PETALS
Nao-san is your guide as we take a wander around Maruyama Park (円山公園) and Gion Shirakawa (祇園白川), neighbourhoods close to our Camellia Flower Teahouse (カメリアフラワー).
Pour a drink, pick a sweet, and get comfortable...let's celebrate the blossoms
This year's cherry blossom season is expected to have an economic impact of around ¥1.39 trillion ($9 billion) on Japan — the highest in the country's history, according to an economist. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/cherry-blossoms-economic-impacts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sakura #japaneseeconomy #tourism
Plus que quelques heures pour profiter de la promo de printemps sur toute la boutique en ligne
Tokyo's cherry blossom season has kicked off, with the Meteorological Agency declaring that a cherry tree at Yasukuni Shrine had bloomed on Monday, five days earlier than last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/tokyo-cherry-blossom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #sakura
Sakura season! It's going to be wall-to-wall of my cherry blossom photos for the next few days while I'm on the road here
Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu, Japan
On the afternoon of March 24, cherry blossoms have started blooming in Tokyo! This is the same date as usual and 5 days earlier than last year. #sakura #cherryblossom #tokyo
3月24日午後、東京で桜が開花しました☆ 平年の開花日と同日で、昨年より5日早い観測です。 #sakura #cherryblossom #tokyo
Farmers would originally begin planting rice when the cherry blossoms bloomed, for it was at this time that the 'god of grain' came down from her mountain abode.
The word 'sakura' was initially formed from the characters 'sa' (神 'god') & 'kura' (座 'stand for divine offerings').
HANAMI
'Hanami' (花見), literally 'flower viewing', nowadays mostly refers to the enjoyment of sakura.
People gather to drink and eat beneath the cherry blossoms, either during the day or for evening light-up events known as 'yozakura' (夜桜 'night sakura').
Spring's arrival in Kyōto is marked by the blooming of the sakura tree at Modori-bashi, the 'Resurrection Bridge'.
It's early flowering blossoms are some of the first to appear, and can gather quite the crowd
