{"id":7653,"date":"2016-04-06T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T03:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=7653"},"modified":"2024-07-10T09:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T00:01:46","slug":"hanami-etiquette-cherry-blossoms-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/hanami-etiquette-cherry-blossoms-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanami Manners: Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Cherry Blossom Viewing in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everyone in Japan, Japanese and tourists alike, are looking forward to enjoying hanami<\/em> <\/strong>\u82b1\u898b, the admiring of the cherry blossoms<\/a> which marks the arrival of Spring in Japan<\/strong>. The symbolic importance and charm of the cherry blossom lie in its ephemeral aspect \u2014 beauty doesn’t last forever \u2014 and in the fact that the start of hanami<\/em> varies year to year. Fortunately, there are some ways to schedule and prepare for a trip to Japan by using the cherry blossom calendar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year, the Japan Meteorological Agency publishes a sakura blossom forecast<\/strong>. The first forecast for the first bloom of 2022 cherry blossoms in Japan has been released in early January; you can already check it to schedule your Spring trip<\/a>! You can also check information for each region of Japan on this page.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a recent online survey, most Japanese see sakura blossoms as the most significant sign of spring<\/strong>. Other answers included changing out their winter wardrobe or starting a new job or school year. I also thought about it and I would call it Spring when the grass starts to grow. For me, it is grass instead of sakura or other flowers, because, in Canada, where I spent a relatively long period of my life, blooming flowers come later, when the snow is gone. So green grass is enough for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n