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GoingtoJapaninSpring?Duringspringcherryblossom(sakura)viewingparties(hanami)andcherryblossomfestivalsareheldalloverJapan.CherryblossomviewinghasbeenaJapanesecustomsincethe7thcenturywhenthearistocratsenjoyedlookingatthecherryblossomsandwrotepoems.

Peopledrink,eat,andsingduringthedayandnight.Itislikeapicnic.Peoplebringfood,doBBQ,orbuyfoodfromvendors.Amongvariousfoodpeopleeatincherryblossomviewing,dangoisverypopular.Itisachewysnackmadeofriceflour.

InTokyo,UenoparkandYoyokiparkareverypopularplacesforcherryblossomviewing.Inthoseplace,thereisevencompetitionforthebestspot.Ifyoudonotlikeacrowd,youcangotomountainsorotherquietplacesforcherryblossomviewing.

Stopbyanycastles,parks,shrines,temples,andschoolyardsnearyou.TherearecherrytreeseverywhereinJapan.Also,ifyouareplanningtovisitKyoto,springisthebesttime.Kyoto'shistoricalsitesarefamousfortheircherrytrees.ManytouristsvisitKyotoforcherryblossoms.

SakuraisthenationalflowerofJapan,andthereareoverfourhundredvarietiesofcherrytreesinJapan.Yama-zakura,Shidare-zakura,Higanan-zakura,Kan-zakura,andMiyama-zakuraareverypopular.Youcanviewpicturesofcherryblossoms.

Sakuraisdifferentfromthecherryofothercountries.TheJapanesecherrytreedoesnotyieldfruitlikeothercherrytrees.ThecherryblossomsbloomatdifferenttimesthroughoutJapan.ThecherryblossomsbeginbloominginJanuraryinOkinawa,andtheyareattheirpeakinlateMarchtoAprilinHonshuregion.InHokkaido,sakurabecomeintheirpeakinlateMay.

AmapwhichshowstheaveragedateofsakurafloweringinJapanisavailable.Thebloomingperiodofsakuraisveryshort.Don'tmissthebesttimeforcherryblossomviewinginyourdestination.