Hanami is one of Japan’s most ancient festivals, but it’s celebrated as enthusiastically today as ever.Hanami literally means "flower viewing", however, it commonly refers only to cherry blossom viewing. Cherry blossom viewing is easy: Simply enjoy the intensity of the many blossoms by looking at a single tree or a group of trees. From a distance, the trees appear as beautiful clouds, while the beauty of single blossoms can be enjoyed from a close distance.Cherry blossoms are also especially beautiful in combination with a castle, temple or shrine. In some places the blossoms are lit up in the evening, which makes an amazing sight.Hanami has its origins in the eighth century, and originally focused on plum blossoms, which bloom slightly earlier. The focus switched to cherry blossoms during the ninth century reign of Emperor Saga, who held flower-viewing parties under the cherry blossom trees of the imperial court in Kyoto. At these early celebrations, aristocrats wrote and recited poems about the blossoms, and took pleasure in their beauty. Hanami gradually spread from the court elite to the samurai, and eventually to the common people. Nowadays almost everyone in Japan eagerly looks forward to the coming of the cherry blossoms.
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