Cherry Blossoms are blooming when spring has come in Japan. A lot of Japanese people like Cherry Blossoms and it is the symbolic within Japanese culture.
Cherry Blossoms is used in Kabuki, Japanese period drama and a military song.
We love cherry blossoms so much because they bloom and fall gracefully in a short time, so they adapt to Japanese spiritual background because Japanese cultural traditions are often attributed to the influence of Buddhism, which famously adheres to the concept of all things constantly changing.
In World warⅡ, it is said that is so glorified to die gracefully example for seppuku that is a form of ritual suicide that was practiced by samurais who committed serious offenses. The graciousness may be likened to Cherry Blossoms. This gracefulness leaves us with a sense of the samurai spirit.
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