Hanami

. From late March to early May, sakura bloom all over Japan. The hints at the real priorities for most cherry blossom viewers, meaning that people are more interested in the food and drinks that accompany a hanami party rather than actually viewing the flowers themselves. (A punning variation, nihongo|"Boys Over Flowers"|花より男子|Hana Yori Dango, is the title of a manga and anime series.)

"Dead bodies are buried under the cherry trees!" is a popular saying about hanami, after the opening sentence of the 1925 short story "Under the Cherry Trees" by Motojirō Kajii.

ee also

*Momijigari
*National Cherry Blossom Festival
*International Cherry Blossom Festival

External links

* [http://www.jasgp.org/cherryblossomfestival Hanami in Philadelphia! Information on the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia]
* [http://www.japanlinked.com/about_japan/fha/hanami.html Hanami in Japan! Information on Hanami and other annual events across Japan.]
* [http://www.seekjapan.jp/article-1/912/Field+Guide+to+Japan:+Hanami+Fun+Facts! "Hanami Fun Facts"] — "Japanzine:Field Guide to Japan" by Zack Davisson
* [http://www.seekjapan.jp/article-1/901/Hanami+Manners+101 "Hanami Manners 101"] — "Japanzine" by Emily Millar
* [http://www.kyotoview.com/ "Kyotoview"] — "Hanami In Kyoto