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The two-day festival, held May 2-3, is the main celebration for the season (the Japanese call it "hanami") when the beautiful pink buds begin to make their appearance.
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Planning a hanami is serious business that requires precision timing and skilled coordination among friends and family because as soon as the first signs of pink start peeking through, the clock starts ticking.
Archive 2005-04-01 2005
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It's Cherry-blossom season in Japan, a time for lively parties known as "hanami."
Japanese Urged to Spend Again Yoree Koh 2011
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So, for example, in Japan there is the concept of hanami, which is the viewing of the cherry blossoms.
A Tea Ceremony for Today Melanie Kirkpatrick 2009
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Cherry blossom viewing, known as hanami, requires a picnic and a party, and plenty of sake.
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Junko Kimura/Getty Images Flower-viewing, or "hanami" in Japanese, is one of the most popular events each spring in Japan.
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Junko Kimura/Getty Images The practice of "hanami" in Japan is many centuries old.
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It’s a Japanese rite of spring to travel to parks and boulevards filled with sakura to drink sake, sip tea and hang with friends during what’s known as hanami, “flower viewing”.
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The celebrations are called "hanami" in Japanese, the ancient tradition of cherry blossom viewing.
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The celebrations are called "hanami" in Japanese, the ancient tradition of cherry blossom viewing.
alexz commented on the word hanami
Cherry Blossom viewing
- from Japan
April 26, 2018