Japan Trip 2014 Tokyo Cherry-blossom viewing(Hanami) in Zenpukuji-gawa-ryokuchi park. 01626
Zenpukuji-gawa-ryokuchi (Zenpukuji River green space) is a metropolitan park in Suginami-ku, Tokyo.
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Cherry-blossom viewing(Hanami)
Hanami (花見, lit. flower viewing) is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers, flower in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms (sakura) or (less often) plum blossoms (ume). From the end of March to early May, sakura bloom all over Japan, and around the first of February on the island of Okinawa. The blossom forecast (桜前線 sakura-zensen, literally cherry blossom front) is announced each year by the weather bureau, and is watched carefully by those planning hanami as the blossoms only last a week or two. In modern-day Japan, hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura during daytime or at night. In some contexts the Sino-Japanese term kan'ō (観桜, view-cherry) is used instead, particularly for festivals. Hanami at night is called yozakura (夜桜, literally night sakura). In many places such as Ueno Park temporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of yozakura. On the island of Okinawa, decorative electric lanterns are hung in the trees for evening enjoyment, such as on the trees ascending Mt. Yae, near Motobu Town, or at the Nakijin Castle.
Prunus × yedoensis
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Prunus × yedoensis (synonym Cerasus × yedoensis, also known as Yoshino cherry; Japanese: 染井吉野 somei-yoshino) is a hybrid cherry of unknown origin, probably between Prunus speciosa as father plant and Prunus pendula f. ascendens as mother. It occurs as a natural hybrid in Japan and is now one of the most popular and widely planted cultivated flowering cherries (sakura) in temperate climates worldwide.
Cherry blossom
A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese Cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is sometimes called sakura after the Japanese (桜 or 櫻; さくら).Many of the varieties that have been cultivated for ornamental use do not produce fruit. Edible cherries generally come from cultivars of the related species Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus.
Flower viewing
Hanami is the centuries-old practice of picnicking under a blooming sakura or ume tree. The custom is said to have started during the Nara Period (710--794) when it was ume blossoms that people admired in the beginning. But by the Heian Period (794--1185), cherry blossoms came to attract more attention and hanami was synonymous with sakura. From then on, in both waka and haiku, flowers (花 hana) meant cherry blossoms. The custom was originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court, but soon spread to samurai society and, by the Edo period, to the common people as well. Tokugawa Yoshimune planted areas of cherry blossom trees to encourage this. Under the sakura trees, people had lunch and drank sake in cheerful feasts. Čerešňový kvet
blossom silín
albalı çiçəyi
kersenbloesem
Qershi çel
udara okooko
blodau bach
Вишневий колір
cerezo
kersenbloesem
els cirerers en flor
A flor de cerdeira
ಚೆರ್ರಿ ಹೂವು
Cherry ανθίσει
ચેરી બ્લોસમ
ផ្កា cherry
Cherry lakhula
Los cerezos en flor
češnjev cvet
Cherry maua
cherry mamulak
Цхерри блоссом
ubaxu Cherry
ดอกเชอร์รี่
Cherry mamulaklak
ஆபீசரானாலும்
Třešňový květ
చెర్రీ మొగ్గ
Kirschblüte
kiraz çiçeği
चेरी फूल
Cherry flè
Cseresznyevirág
Cherry ਖਿੜੇਗਾ
चेरी खिलना
kirsikankukka
Чери Блосъм
hoa anh đào
вішнёвы колер
চেরি পুষ্প
kwiat wiśni
treljnje
Cherry puawai
цреша
चेरी कळी
fjur Cherry
Cherry berbunga
Сакура цэцгийн
ṣẹẹri Iruwe
ດອກໄມ້ cherry
Cherry flore
Вишневый цвет
벚꽃
樱花
زهر الكرز
קאַרש קווייט
چیری کھلنا
פריחת דובדבן
شکوفه های گیلاس