I asked a student who came to Japan two months ago, “Did you see sakura? No, not yet. Why do you like cherry blossoms so much?

The first reason is that cherry blossoms symbolize the arrival of spring.
In Japan, where the four seasons are clearly defined, the sight of cherry blossoms is a reminder that the cold “winter” is over and spring has finally arrived. Seeing cherry blossoms in full bloom in pink, we are released from the winter of endurance and can feel the arrival of “the season when our mind to be active.

The second reason is that cherry blossoms are “fleetingly beautiful flowers.
Even though we have been looking forward to the full bloom of cherry blossoms for months, they will fall in about two weeks at the longest. Since ancient times, Japanese people have had a special feeling that the transience of life is something beautiful, and the fact that the beauty of cherry blossoms in full bloom is a “fleeting flower” that ends up falling in a short period of time is thought to be one of the reasons why we like cherry blossoms so much.

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