Aia ʻo Iapana ma ka ʻaoʻao o kekahi o kāna mau kau hoʻohiwahiwa: ka mohala ʻana o nā pua cherry, i kapa ʻia ʻo sakura. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka wānana no ke kau pua cherry 2025, e hoʻomaka ana i ka waena waena o Malaki a hiki i ka waena o Mei.
Aia kēia wānana i nā lā a me nā wahi kikoʻī e kōkua i ka poʻe huakaʻi e ʻike i ka hanami, ka hana kuʻuna o ka nānā pua, ma nā kūlanakauhale like ʻole. No ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i nā wahi ʻoluʻolu ma kahi mamao aku i nā kikowaena kūlanakauhale nui, hiki ke hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana kūloko a hāʻawi i kahi ʻike maluhia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau wahi:
Pāka ʻo Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi pua cherry ma Iapana, ʻo Hirosaki Park he 2,600 mau kumu cherry, e hōʻike ana ma luna o 50 mau ʻano like ʻole. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau lāʻau i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki, e hana nani ana i ka hale kākela kaulana ʻo Hirosaki, aia ma ke kikowaena o ka paka. No ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kēia kau, mālama ka paka i ka Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka hopena o ʻApelila a i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Mei, e hāʻawi ana i nā hoʻolimalima waʻa, nā hale ʻai, a me nā kukui pō e hoʻonui ai i ka nani o nā pua.
Alahaka ʻo Kintaikyo, Yamaguchi Prefecture
ʻO ke alahaka ʻo Kintaikyo, e kahe ana i ka muliwai ʻo Nishiki ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Iwakuni, kahi kahua kaulana no ka nānā ʻana i nā pua cherry. ʻO kēia alahaka lāʻau ʻelima-arch, i kūkulu mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1673, ua uhi ʻia e nā kaukani kumulāʻau cherry, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o nā pua mai ka pae canopy. Ma kahi kokoke i ke alahaka ʻo Iwakuni Castle, e hōʻike ana i nā hōʻikeʻike o nā mea kaua samurai a me nā mea hana, a me kahi mākaʻikaʻi e hāʻawi ana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā pua cherry mai kona papahele luna.
Kaona ʻo Asahi, Toyama Prefecture
Hoʻohanohano ʻia ke kaona ʻo Asahi no kāna hōʻike ʻana i nā pua cherry, i kapa ʻia ʻo The Spring Quartet, e hōʻike ana i ʻehā kala ʻokoʻa ma ka muliwai ʻo Funakawa. Aia i loko o ia wahi nā pua cherry ʻulaʻula, nā tulip ʻulaʻula, nā pua canola melemele, a me nā piko keʻokeʻo o ka Northern Alps, e hana ana i kahi ʻike ʻike poina ʻole. I ka wā o ka pua nui, hoʻomālamalama ʻia nā ala hele e nā lama ahi i ke ahiahi, e hoʻolei ana i ka ʻālohilohi ma luna o nā kumulāʻau cherry 280.