Mai Malaki a Mei, ua hoʻohauʻoli ʻia ka poʻe malihini kipa i Iapana e ka ʻike hoʻohiwahiwa o ka sakura, nā pua cherry, e hoʻonani ana i nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kuaʻāina me ko lākou ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula - kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoi loa o ka kipa ʻana i ka Land of the Rising Sun. .
JNTO, ʻO ka Japan National Tourism Organization, ke hana nei i kahi hoʻohiwahiwa a me ka hana paena e wānana ana i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka hanana ʻana a me kahi o ke kau pua cherry. Ma muli o ka lōʻihi o Iapana he hoʻokahi tausani mile, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā pua sakura e mohala ana mai ka waena o Malaki a i ka waena o Mei.
Manaʻo ʻia e mohala mua nā pua cherry ma Kyushu, ka mokupuni hema loa o ka ʻāina, ma kahi o Malaki 19. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Tokyo e ʻike i ka pua ma Malaki 20, a ma hope o Hiroshima ma Malaki 21. E loaʻa i Kyoto nā pua cherry ma kahi o hoʻokahi pule ma hope. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻApelila, e mohala nā pua cherry ma Tohoku prefecture ma ka ʻākau o Honshu. E neʻe mālie ana nā pua i ka ʻākau, a hiki i Sapporo i Hokkaido i ka hopena o ʻApelila, a ʻike ʻia ma Kushiro, Hokkaido i ka lā 12 o Mei.
No hoʻokahi haneli, ua hoʻopio nā pua Kepani i ka manaʻo o nā ʻAmelika. Ua hoʻomaka ka hoihoi i ka manawa i hāʻawi lokomaikaʻi aku ai ʻo Iapana i 3,000 mau kumu cherry e kanu ʻia ma nā kahakai o ka Potomac. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, holo pū nā poʻe ʻAmelika i Wakinekona, DC e ʻike i ka hōʻike nani o kēia mau kumulāʻau, e pua ana no ʻelua pule wale nō. Eia nō naʻe, hāʻawi ʻia ka poʻe e holo ana i Iapana i kahi manawa lōʻihi he kanaono lā e hauʻoli ai i ka nani o ke ʻano.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo 2024 e nā aupuni US a me Iapana e like me US-Japan Tourism Year, a ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonui nui ʻia.
