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| Heian Shrine in full bloom |
I identify as Japanese because of my mother, whose maiden name is "Takano." I suppose that
because of this, I spent some time this weekend just googling pictures of the 2015 cherry blossom festival. During late March and early April, the Japanese welcome thousands of tourists to Japan for the Sakura festival, which is a celebration of spring that lasts about a week from first bud until the petals fall. Here are some of the prettier pictures from this year posted from various sources online.
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| Himeji castle surrounded by spring blooms. |
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| More cherry blossoms |
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Pictures of the Takayama Spring Festival
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You can check out the cherry blooming forecast at
this website if you're interested. So yeah, happy spring everyone.
