Following the Japanese festival of Hanami, where the welcoming of spring is marked by spectacular scenes of hundreds of cherry blossoms flowering in a celebration of the temporal beauty of nature.

Hanami has been celebrated for hundred of years in Japan and continues today with huge popularity. From family picnics to all night parties, though woodblock prints have been exchanged for digital cameras, the festival takes place on a national level in all its romance for the past and appreciation of nature which is so entwined in Japanese culture.