JAPANESE CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Sakura — The Fleeting Beauty of Japan’s Cherry Blossoms
More than just pretty flowers
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5 min readMar 14, 2022
I grew up in northern Virginia. Each spring, my mother would wax poetic about the cherry blossoms that bloomed along the Potomac River and Tidal Basin in nearby Washington, DC. She would load me into the car, drive the short distance to the…
