Japan's Cherry Blossoms In Brief, Beautiful Bloom The pale pink flowers are coming into bloom just weeks after an earthquake and tsunami devastated the country. Japanese art expert James Ulak ...

Cherry blossoms signify impermanence and are one of the most important motifs in Japanese art and popular culture. Cherry blossom season is usually greeted by crowds of locals and tourists taking ...

From Cherry Blossoms To Snow Gardens: The Floating World of Japanese Prints. February 9–March 23, 2013. From Cherry Blossoms To Snow Gardens features woodblock prints by famed ukiyo-e masters of the ...

Tickled Pink: Japanese Friendship Garden's Cherry Blossom Festival is Returning Crafts, interactive activities and face painting can entertain kids while adults can indulge at the beer and sake garden ...

As spring approaches in Japan, the country's weather forecasters face one of their biggest missions of the year: predicting exactly when the famed cherry blossoms will bloom. As spring approaches ...

Japan’s cherry blossoms are a marker of natural time — and how climate change is altering it. ... they wish to engage in mono no aware, the art of appreciating impermanence, ...

Cherry blossoms are deeply significant in Japan – you’ll find them in poems, paintings, food and drinks, and yes even in Starbucks. Cherry blossoms, or Sakura, have been revered for centuries.

Japan’s sakura or cherry blossom season is feverishly anticipated by locals and visitors alike. Many tourists plan their entire trips around the blooms, and Japanese flock to parks in their ...