Sakuras in full flowers / day

There is no real cherries in the Latvian traditional farmer or gardener in the sense of the sakura or Japanese flowering cherries (Prunus Serrulata). For quite simple reason, delicious berries will not be harvested. They are perceived as trees of beauty or, as the Japanese themselves often say, large flowers, which bless people with their flowers once a year or ten days. They can have a wide variety of shades – from white to pink – and depends on how the plant was cultivated, with what it crossed, as more than 300 different types of sakuri are distributed in Japan.

Just like in the flag, Japan is symbolized by the rising sun, Sakura’s flower has become the national symbol of that country, writes History.com. The tradition has a long history that started at least 1300 years ago, but it is very likely to be traced back to the past. Scientists are inclined to think that flowering wild cherry homeland is not Japan, but the Himalayan mountain slopes, from which birds have subsequently transferred to the Earth of the rising sun, writes Livescience.com. Sakuras are also found in China, the Korean Peninsula and elsewhere in southeast Asia, but nowhere to have the iconic status as it is in Japan.

Not only is the flower watching a very important symbolic meaning there, but it has also become a whole business industry, as everyone is preparing for this event in time – transporting tickets and hotels are being booked, and the shopkeepers are preparing for organized excursions, but the shopkeepers are preparing Hanami Picnic -appropriate food boxes and put on sale many other things that are reminiscent of the flowering period of Sakuru.

Guests from abroad, too, often tend to plan their travels to Japan so that they come from the end of March to early May, when there is an intense flowering time – in the south (Okinawa Island), but in the north (Hokaido) later. In recent years, these plans have been felled by the covid-19 pandemic and the obvious climate change, which causes the stinging earlier and earlier.

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