Cherry blossoms around the world

For centuries, the Japanese have cultivated the practice of hanami, visiting cherry trees (sakura) in full spring bloom for a drink and a bite, an eyeful of cloudlike pink blossoms and a reminder of the impermanence of all things.

Text by Kris Collingridge | Photo editing by Connie Ricca

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