Osaka
Japan
Picnics under cherry blossoms is a uniquely Japanese tradition. It's a time to dress up in traditional clothes, and sit on a straw mat with bento lunch boxes, and glasses of sake. Those who remember how to will dance. This scene will repeat itself under every cherry tree in the park in spring time.
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kanako onishi writes:
Under the full-blown cherry blossoms, people enjoy eating lunch boxes and drinking beer. The lady wearing Japanese traditional clothes, Kimono, is showing traditional slow dance. Every spring, men and women of all ages rush to under cherry blossoms
for the lovely event called Hanami that means cherry blossom viewing. Under a tree, the flowers look like pink
clouds.
Craig Duncan writes:
You seem to have found a very romantic version of the 'hanami'. The traditional aspects of this practice are quickly falling away: I lived in Kyoto for the last few years and have seen how crowds of young people, in regular clothes, flock to 'honour' the tradition by getting drunk together at night in parks under the cherry trees. Still it's a fun time of year.