Every spring the Japanese gather in parks and in some locations to do Hanami, ie admire the cherry blossoms that in Japanese are called Sakura. It ‘a moment on that the Japanese takes really care, and all are waiting for the heyday, which is followed by the slow fall of the petals that reminds everyone of the passing of time. The legend has it that the Japanese plant cherry Sakura had white flowers. An emperor wants that his samurais, fallen in battle, were buried under the cherry trees, so the petals of the flowers became pink because of the blood of these heroes. The call of the cherry blossom goes beyond its obvious beauty, hits for its futility, its being in full bloom for only a few days.
The deep sense of tradition hanami is to look at the transience of the petals of cherry blossom carried by the spring breeze to remember that every life is destined to end.
