おみくじ or o-mikuji
These are fortune-telling papers. If you don’t like the outcome of what they predict. You just tie them to a rope and forget about them. On the other hand, if…
Monorail with Pokémon
The carriages are full of Pokémon too! Not only the walls, the floor, the windows, the handles, and the central banners are full of Pokémon. But the jingles played before…
Okinawa, Japan
Known as the “Hawaii of Japan”, Okinawa has amazing star-gazing, diving, unique cuisine, and yes, cherry blossoms too. Whatever misconceptions you might have had about this prefecture, we set the…
Yosa Buson
Drinking up the cloudsit spews out cherry blossoms –Yoshino Mountain. Wind blowsthey scatter and it diesfallen petals Petals fallingunable to resistthe moonlight Sakura, sakurathey fall in the dreamsof sleeping beauty…
Haiku Poetry About Japan’s Cherry Blossoms
A cloud of cherry blossoms;The temple bell,－Is it Ueno, is it Asakusa? How many, many thingsThey call to mindThese cherry-blossoms! Very brief –Gleam of blossoms in the treetopsOn a moonlit…
Masaoka Shiki
The cherry blossoms:Being ill, how many thingsI remember about them Scatter layerby layer, eight-layeredcherry blossoms Moon at twilighta cluster of petals fallingfrom the cherry tree cherry blossom petalsblown by the…
Fragile petals
The Japanese cherry blossoms and the tradition of flower gazing, or hanami, have inspired poets for centuries. This is a haiku call to mind the beauty of springtime and the…
Kyoto Gyoen Garden, Kyōto-shi, Japan
The Kyoto Imperial Palace (京都御所, Kyōto Gosho) used to be the residence of Japan’s Imperial Family until 1868. When the emperor and capital were moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. It…