Japanese Tree Festival
The date and nature of each festival are different from community to community.
Japanese tree festival. There are no specific matsuri days for all of japan. The act of celebrating the festival is called hanami which literally translates to the viewing of flowers with the traditions of the festival itself dating back over a thousand years. The cherry blossom festival is a celebration of the beauty of nature throughout japan that sees the.
The japanese cherry blossom festival known as sakura signifies the welcoming of spring. They are widely distributed especially in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere including japan taiwan korea mainland china nepal india pakistan afghanistan iran myanmar thailand europe. That said do not expect to see the flowers wherever you go the trees bloom at different times throughout japan. In japan festivals are usually sponsored by a local shrine or temple though they can be secular.
The kawazu cherry blossom festival 河津桜祭り kawazuzakura matsuri is held yearly from early february to early march in the city of kawazu located on the izu peninsula the popular event celebrates the flowering of the kawazu cherry trees kawazuzakura and attracts almost two million visitors annually as one of the earliest opportunities in the year to see large numbers of cherry. Known as hanami in japanese cherry blossom festivals are an important custom and are held all over japan during the spring. From the end of march to early may cherry trees bloom all over japan and around the first of february on the island of okinawa. Japanese maples acer palmatum are small deciduous trees prized for their graceful habit autumn colour and beautiful foliage and this colourful mix of three hardy plants will give you a riot of colour through the year.
Matsuris are powerful energetic exciting and enjoyable everybody is always welcome to participate. A cherry blossom is a flower of many trees of genus prunus the most well known species is the japanese cherry prunus serrulata which is commonly called sakura 桜 or 櫻. Matsuri 祭 is the japanese word for a festival or holiday. The national cherry blossom festival is a spring celebration in washington d c commemorating the march 27 1912 gift of japanese cherry trees from mayor yukio ozaki of tokyo city to the city of washington d c.
According to legend the milky way separates these lovers and they. It celebrates the meeting of the deities orihime and hikoboshi represented by the stars vega and altair respectively. Matsuri are traditional japanese festivals and each of them has a long history. Hanami 花見 flower viewing is the japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers.
Japan is known around the world for its cherry blossom festivals.