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Ohanami

Ohanami (cherry blossom viewing) お花見 - Background information in Ohanami and a large collection of links to Ohanami related web pages.

Hanami – This Wikipedia page provides the historical background behind the practice of Hanimi. There is also a page available on the Japanese Wikipedia Web site.

Japanese

サクラ - History of Ohanami (in Japanese) with several photos of cherry trees. All About トップ - お花見 : Page in Japanese on Hanami. Official Website of the National Cherry Blossom Festival - Washington, DC

Cherry Blossom Viewing (Hanami) - This page describes what happens at ohanami with some words of caution for Hanami Parties.

 

Ohanami photos 

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Hanami in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan


お花見へ行こう！ -  Some ohanami party/picnic photos (and how-to-ohanami-party articles). There is a second page to this document.

FNS 列島桜中継 2008 - Sakura photos from different places. See also this Web site that contains 50 photos from various places.

Cherry Blossom Viewing　お花見 - A webpage with photos of sakura (cherry blossoms) in ordinary places (not in parks). Click on the photos to enlarge them.

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Cerisier du Japon en fleur à Washington, DC.

 

Ohanami activities 

Spring Festivities - Hanami paper craft - Downloadable hanami paper craft with assembly instructions in English.

MIDI Music file of "さくらさくら" at the "Classic MIDI Reinmusik" website. To download the Midi file, click on "ダウンロード" and save the file. Sakura 日本古謡 さくらさくら - MP3 file of "さくらさくら" a. This page has the lyrics in Romaji and its English translation. 花見 グリーティングカード - Hanami eCard. Make an Ohanami eCard and send it to your friend.

Cherry Blossoms Japanese Folk Song – Words in Japanese with English translation and sound file in MP3 format and the sheet music.