Sunday, March 24, 2019

Cherry Blossom Report

Tip # 28 The Cherry Blossom Report:  Tracking the Sakura Zensen (the wave of cherry blossoms sweeping up across Japan from the south).

You might remember the dream I mentioned earlier: getting married under a "snowfall" of cherry blossom petals. As our wedding is just 12 days away, I am tracking the Cherry Blossom Report (click below) in hopes that those pink blossoms will be at their peak on the day of our wedding (April 6th, 2019).  Wildly optimistic am I. 

A wave of cherry blossoms arrives in Okinawa, southern Japan sometime in March. As the days warm, that pink wave in full splendor sweeps north in a spectacular, breathtaking phenomenon that becomes center stage all across Japan until the blossoms finally arrive at Cape Soya, at the northern most tip of Japan.