Why Japanese are Obsessed with Cherry Blossoms

[@LetsaskShogo]

We really hope that everyone around the world, will be able to enjoy the Japanese sakura next year in 2022... By the way, as I made this video I really got interested in how the culture of "cherry blossoms," and viewing "autumn leaves" are related... I'll make a video about it this fall! ・ In this channel, you can take a closer look at Japanese traditional culture, tips upon traveling to Kyoto, and social problems in Japan. So learners and lovers of Japanese language and culture, be sure to subscribe to enjoy more content! Please check out the description box for more videos recommended for you! Thank you again very much for watching!

[@yousefshahin2654]

I am waiting for this :)

[@TimothyLau55]

There's hope for 2023!

[@mosesjoe3763]

- SEASONS - ❄️🌸☀️🍁 ❄️ WINTER ❄️ DEC, JAN, FEB 🌸 VERNAL 🌸 MAR, APR, MAY ☀️ SUMMER ☀️ JUN, JUL, AUG 🍁 AUTUMN 🍁 SEP, OCT, NOV

[@thewhisperingsylph8738]

For a sec I though the title is "Why Harumi (your wife) is important" lol.

[@Janka007]

:D Could be a good subject for his next video!

[@mynamehere9609]

Im so glad i wasn't the only one 😂😂

[@yousefshahin2654]

XD

[@phillipgregory9671]

Me too 🙂

[@soyaliovee]

Haha 🤣

[@zerothehero123]

If you find yourself in the kansai region during sakura season, I recommend visiting mount yoshino in nara! Beautiful mountainside full of sakura trees!

[@andrefurlan]

Here in Brasil we have the "Ipê Amarelo" that is a tree witch blooms at the dry weather of the winter. Before blooming the tree gets completely naked from its leaves, the flowers has a bright vivid yellow and last no longer them two or tree days. Cheers!!!

Where I used to live as a child, there were some small trees with dark purplish foliage, amidst a lawn in a garden in front of the apartments building. Every spring the gardener pruned the branches. After a while, new branches appeared, and new foliage. One year, that gardener left. The new one didn't prune the trees. Then, we realized those were ornamental plum trees (very alike to sakura trees), that they bloomed in pink and white, that their flowers were delicately scented, and that when the flowers withered, the petals fell like snow all over the garden. Those trees were never pruned again.

[@gwillis01]

The idea that something is more beautiful the more temporary it is, reminds me of a travel documentary I saw on tv a long time ago. These religious monks spent several days working twelve hours a day building a multi colored piece of sand art slowly and carefully. After just two days, the sand art was destroyed. My first thought when I saw this was "It is such a shame that the sand art painting only stays intact for half the time it took to assemble. It is so sad that so much hard work is being destroyed."

[@kevin080592]

its the mandala sand art... and yes..beautiful art.. and humbling context

[@RadenWA]

Our obsession with permanence can be harmful, just look at how plastic lasts forever and now they are just floating in the ocean as endless garbage. Maybe it’s better to have more things that can be appreciated in the present moment and then goes back to nothingness, leaving only memory.

[@gwillis01]

@@RadenWA I agree that plastic waste in the ocean is harmful to the animals of the sea and the environment in general

[@kousakasan7882]

My wife and I went to a sakura festival in Aomori at Hirosaki Castle. It was like it was snowing pink snowflakes. It was amazing.

[@OpalPrinzessin]

Oh wow a long video!! We're well treated by Shogo 🥺🌟

[@7rich79]

Some tourists enjoy coming to the fjords in western Norway in May to view the apple blossoms, so bloom definitely has an appeal across cultures.

[@spaceman9599]

"The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life" :)

[@LilithOfTheNephilims]

"They blossom beautifully but wither quickly", we have a similar concept here in Spain, we have a saying _lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno_ which roughly means "good things, if brief, are twice as good". Edit: we also have cherry trees in Spain in _El Valle del Jerte_ , a true treasure.

[@Y0kAiS]

I always enjoy Shogo sensei’s lessons. 👍🏾

[@Gato_de_Nugget]

Almost 100k, Mr. Shogo. Keep up the good work!

[@julietang3807]

We are also viewing the cherry blossom trees in my street and the several around the town. Cheers from Vancouver, Canada.

[@MurakamiTenshi]

I had the pleasure of viewing the cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. several years ago. It really is quite pleasant (if you block out the tourist noises).

[@annajonasson612]

I live in south Sweden and close to where I li4ve there is a small narrow valley the west wall of the valley is cliffy. The east valley is soft hills. In the bortom of the valley a creek flows merrily in spring. And all over the valle y grows very old cherry trees. It is stunning in may when the wild cherrys blossom. It is white bloom. Like a fairy tale. Ten years ago It was fairly uncommon and mostly locals came to walk there and have picknick during the bloom. Now pple come from the whole district. It is privately owned land, but the farmer waits to let his cows to pasture until after the bloom. The place is called körsbärsdalen and is close to the village of Veberöd if annons want too Google pictures.

[@annajonasson612]

Just ignore wierd misspellings since my phone believes she is the goddess of english but she is indeed not...

[@danner253]

We have white cherry blossoms along a row of houses down a road where I live in Northern Ireland, they are about to bloom, everything is covered like confetti when it happens, and when you drive by on a breezy day it rains across the road, it's very nice.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

I'm happy to have the single cherry blossom outside of my house. Passing under it to go to the convenience store is always pleasant.

[@JejeGNL]

I also wish to do a hanami at least once in my life😁 And you talked about bento,can you make a video bout them?Like how it looked then and it's evolution now,bento shops,and maybe bentos special in each prefecture? Awesome video as always😁

[@merveduru]

This Omake talk was very beautiful with your lovely family 🌸

[@aeronothis5420]

Okinawa was hard to get a good cherry blossom viewing. Did get to go to one at Shuri-jo before it burned down.

[@epipen22]

Looks like you will hit your target of 100K subscribers much sooner!

[@s888r]

Yeah, just 5 days back the subscriber count was 93K.

[@ullupdrost4740]

We had a row of about 12 cherry blossom trees at my K-8 school growing up, They were crazy beautiful. I remember trying to pick up chicks underneath them when they were in full bloom. Had no idea how lucky or special that was. I really enjoy your videos, subbed! keep up the good work

[@s888r]

After watching the first 5 seconds: Finally I know why cherry blossoms are special.

[@garydell2023]

Thank you for explaining this. I wondered about it & now I know the facts.

[@suzymanriquez3780]

My class and I enjoyed this video very much since we are learning all we can about Japan! Thank you!

[@brandonward3551]

Thanks for the walk through, both the history & this year's visual that I had to miss.

[@dakotatwilight]

Shojo-San arigato gosaimasu for this video, you teach so well, always something new to learn even when the basics might be known. Your daughters and Harumi rival the cherry blossoms in beauty.

[@portalkey5283]

Excited to learn more about this tradition!

[@crazydutch3393]

i love Cherry blossoms very much and they look so peaceful. Almost to the 100K subs keep it up 👍.

[@saltyhoney_]

I’m doing a presentation on this for my history class and i’m glad to have found this video, thank you so much

[@renmare393]

This is incredibly detailed. What a wonderful informative video covering so many aspects of お花見。Thank you so much!

[@findraksha]

The last two mins are couple goals. I wish I can enjoy this lovely festival with my husband and kids someday!

[@conniecalero9203]

I love your video, thank you for teaching us about cherry blossom season 🌸🌸 Beautiful family.

[@sparkplug1018]

They really are beautiful to see. I have many Jacaranda and Royal Poinciana trees planted on my property, it creates such a wonderful zen like atmosphere. Perfect to relax, practice Hema and enjoy tea when they are in bloom. So many blue and red flowers. Also enjoy the live oak trees as well, but the flowers are jsut amazing. I was a bit surprised though that people leaving trash behind is something that happens while people are enjoying Hanami. For the beauty they provide us, and the amazing peaceful environment, personally id see that as a show of great disrespect to the Sakura. Even on my own property, I couldn't imagine just leaving some trash out there amongst the trees.

[@guygirard4274]

It was very interesting, I was always wondering about this :)

[@stephenaitcheson6626]

Congratulations on your 100K (in advance) Shogo San. Happy Hanami

[@nightmare0xranmabloodedge122]

Thanks Shogo. The Cherry Blossoms looks great! This was very educational and fun.

[@MaiHomesteads]

Another great video!! Thank you Shogo!

[@albumkosong]

"A thing isn't beautiful because it lasts"

[@derangedgod4440]

Nostalgia in a nutshell.

[@matthewpack3170]

much lake Frost's " Nothing Gold Can Stay "

[@nem_laura]

I have to do a presentation in school about cherry blossoms and why they are so important in japan. This helped so much! Thank you☺️

[@gibbeldon]

1:30 - does anyone else experience this glitch as well? It's kind of funny but scary at the same time.

[@mottokittokatto]

Did you take the red pill or the blue pill? (can't believe The Matrix is over 20 years old now) 🌸 The glitch also looks alot like when the holographic emulator for Joi gets damaged in "Blade Runner 2049"

[@Spykersan]

Some of the local festival setups can be fun too around that time period. It is quite the sight and I hope to be able to visit again sometime soon.

[@sofamiller7133]

I visited in February, and stone fruit blossoms were just coming in at the time-mostly plum, I think. Very beautiful, and I loved seeing how many people flocked to see them. I liked how old men would stand very close to the branches and just smell the air. Not something you see in America. Can only imagine what it’s like when cherry blossoms hit their peak.

[@sammyvillano9502]

We got trees here that bloom flowers shortly in the spring. Dunno what kinds they are. But there’s a few days every year when the sky just rains pedals. And I know weed is a bit of a taboo in Japan but being a stoner one of the most spiritual experiences I’ve had was eating an apple outside. Smoking a fat joint. Laying while being covered in pedals. It was breath taking

[@thetiniestpirate]

We have cherry and apple trees in our garden and they have the most beautiful blossoms, trees are the best.

[@user-tl9wv6wu9h]

Thank you for sharing. Very embracing sharings 💗. Here’s a type of flower are blooming (since 2 weeks ago) after long hot season mixed rainy days sometime; Pink Tecoma Blossom. Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

桜見てると心が和むわー

[@yamyam2987]

Road to 100k subscribers! おめでとう 🥳🥳

[@ardzunasinaga4078]

A nice explanation by Shogo-sensei 😊 I enjoy it so much as much as i enjoyed cherry blossom in Tokyo and Kyoto on 2019. I hope we all can visit Japan again and enjoy 2022’s cherry blossom. Thanks for bring back the memory, Shogo-sensei~ 🙏

[@jessicajohnson2412]

this might be a late comment but I want to say it anyway I love your videos and content, I have been intrested in Japanese culture,language and history for some years now and your videos are very intresting and fun to follow. Here in Sweden we actually have some cherry blossoms in Stockholm in a place called Kungsträdgården in Swedish and its a sight to see in the spring here its a tradition I have set by myself to go in there every spring to see them :D and have a little picnic :D

[@HD-ol1mc]

Very helpful! We’re travelling in Kyushu from late March to mid-April 2025 and hoping to enjoy ohanami 🌸.

[@AmyraCarter]

(recalls the plum blossom tree down the road and the numerous flowering cherry trees back home) ^_^ Honestly, thinking about watching petals fly about like that makes me wanna nap in a bed of them. Probably what I would end up doing.

[@dorotazaborska3567]

Thank you, Shogo, for this lovely introduction! 英語通訳の授業で学生さんに見せたいと思います。And CONGRATS on 100K subscribers! Cheers from Kyoto!

[@SharifSourour]

I also saw a very old sakura tree in Yamagata, Nagai.

[@Inujasa88]

I'm already excited for the 100k special soon 😁

[@CJ-rx5fi]

My favorite flowers! The footage at the end is so beautiful! Never pass up a chance to walk under the cherry blossoms. They are so fleeting and so precious. They remind me to take time out to appreciate the beauty of God’s creation 🌸🌸🌸

[@fuzzyx2face]

I like how you speak super clearly

[@itoakko]

“Something is beautiful, because it has an end.” 🌸

[@lordsakai3450]

Almost 100.000 subscribers Shogo 😁

[@NanaViveirosKimie]

Very nice video! I didn't know the story behind Hanami, even though we hold this festival in Brazil too ❤️

[@unkobackup]

i love your videos so much, so informative and organized very well!! i love learning about japanese culture :D

[@dmfuerte]

Wonderful video!

[@maliejdieartist]

Man, I didn’t know about this history and stuff. I only knew of the Saiyougi Ayakashi from Touhou.

[@carlamonicarubio]

I learned allot about Japan thru your videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH! BTW, those cute pop-up images like sticker are really cute! Where can I find those?

[@safaa9654]

I loved seeing you in thr omake talk!!

[@misbeautifulable]

I love Japanese cherry blossom scent and look

[@IdaSputum]

Japan is a dream place🙏💕 Thank you Sir ♥️🙏💕👍😊😁❣️

[@MariankGonzalez]

I love how he says duck tape. It's duct tape, but Duck Tape is one of the brand names because of how similar it sounds to duct tape.

[@sgrinev]

Wonderful work ! God bless!!

[@miraclemay24]

Beautiful flowers

[@LeslieTheCaliforniaJewel]

EXCELLENT!!🌸

[@gwillis01]

Unfortunately, i live several hundred miles from Washington DC and have never seen the cherry blossoms in bloom in the spring.

[@erinnnixon2082]

My husband and I moved to Japan last fall and I love watching your channel; we want to be good guests and love learning. Question- the cup you are holding in the cover picture- is that a sake cup?

[@merveduru]

Beautiful video, thank you Shogo 🌸 Greetings from Turkey 🌸

[@tharunkumar6879]

I would love to go for Hanami viewing!! 😊

[@trkimura]

I remember my father explaining how the cherry blossoms represent life impermanence. Beautiful metaphor

[@kenninast]

I love this tradition! Oohanami is one of the events that we are planning with the samurai reenactment group that I'm building from scratch, here in Antwerpen in Belgium. In the beginning, this will be without spectators, as we're not yet ready to go public. But on the long run, we should be aiming to organise this for an audience.

[@kenninast]

The only thing I do NOT like, is paper/plastic cutlery and dishes. That's an absolute no-go! Think of the environment! Don't bring any trash with you, so you won't leave any trash behind! This means also: don't bring pre-packed food. Only bring food you have wrapped in materials that you'll reuse, if needed: Tupperware-like boxes!

[@joe41040]

Myself to look at the cherry Blossoms and I live in Ireland

[@hartmutbohn]

This reminds me of a very moving German movie "Hanami" by Doris Dörrie, where Hanami in Japan plays an important role...

[@Reiko29DBS]

You could also have a zero waste hanami with reusables! Just a thought!

[@catherinebond7474]

We are lucky to have a tree in our backyard here in Virginia. We are having friends come by to enjoy them, but they are almost gone.

[@markup6394]

"Something is beautiful because it doesnt last" ---- Thats deep :) And makes so, so much sense. Also, I keep an eye on your subscribtions - lookin' good ^.^

[@OrderSerpah]

I was always curious about cherry blossom significance

[@dariobarretoreinodealmeida9824]

Shogo San, please do more videos in the style of the last part of this video. Subarashi deshita!

[@filipinakokorofilipina-jap2863]

さくらきれいだね

[@DimiDzi]

do those trees fruit? and if so are they used for something?

[@arzanycos8553]

Very interesting. Thank you ☺️

[@PerfectPride]

I know it will probably be almost impossible for me to see the cherry blossoms in Japan since they’re so fleeting. Instead, I hope to see them In Washington DC one day. It’s much closer to me. 😂 But I’ll still make and bring a bento with me! I love bento and dango. 🍡 🤤

[@tati0055]

Beautiful family!

[@pandalady5964]

In Shinto mythology, the Sakura blossom is represented by the Megami, Konohanasakuya-hime, wife of Ninigi-no-Mikoto. Grandson of Amatersu Omikami. Therefore they are sacred. This makes the Imperial Family descendants of the Sakura, through her grandson Jimmu.

[@VictorLepanto]

Around these parts, here in Ohio, the abundant spring trees which are seen everywhere in nature are the dogwood trees. There is a great legend about the dogwood that the wood for Christ's cross was taken from the dogwood. That is why its blossoms look the way they do & why its wood looks as it does.

[@MissSkittlestar]

I miss my great mr and mothers cherry tree she had a big one she planted when she forayed moved and when the seeds would fall across the fence the nehbours used to get upset Wich I never understood like why deny a beauty of a plant without even trying but the kept the tree and the trees are growing great :I am Canada by the way

[@MissSkittlestar]

Also from personal experience from my ex with cherrys that would never blossom is u have to water daily and give it attention like any other plant

[@darrianweathington1923]

Shogo 1 year ago: my goal is 100,000 subscribers by 2022. Me after the 1 million subscribers: and he's still humble

[@DiaborMagics]

Thank you! This is very interesting. I actually went to Japan in 2019 for 6 weeks and I chose the hanami season on purpose. I was lucky enough to see them in full bloom in Tokyo, Kyoto AND Osaka and the beauty of the view is hard to describe. The first time I went to view the sakura blossoms was in Kyoto and there was a park with blankets already laid out for the public. I bought fried noodles from a food stand and sat down to eat there. I was really struggling to eat with the chopsticks and while I think some people looked at me funny for it, there was a very kind woman who came to my rescue and showed me how to properly handle chopsticks (although, it took more than this one demonstration to get better at it during these 6 weeks). Really nice! In Osaka... well to be honest I don't even know if it was in Osaka. See, I met a girl via Tinder and she wanted to show me around and she took me to a huge park with countless different sakura trees with name plates. We went via various train stations, so it might as well not have been Osaka anymore? I don't even know. But yeah that was a fantastic evening. Strolling around together, viewing the sakura, then buying food from various stands and eating them together. I wouldn't have tasted half the foods I did if I didn't have a local there to point them out to me. And we ended it with karaoke. It was an amazing time. Such a shame I was only in Japan for 6 weeks and we all know how 2020 went... covid struck... It'll be a long time before I can visit again.

[@freemanshackled]

Sometimes I wish that there was a double thumbs up button. 😃

[@youngimperialistmkii]

Chu hai. What is that?

[@ScottJPowers]

so the character Sakura from the Naruto anime is literally named Cherry Blossom?

[@FourSeasons-1]

🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@ninadejager3608]

The cherry blossoms in my country are a bit confused. They bloom in the middle of winter.