How Hanami is celebrated all around the World
"International Cherry Blossom Festival" in Macon, Georgia
Hanami festivities have started to become more diverse outside starting small Hanami celebrations in places like Taiwan, Korean, the Philippines and China. Hanami has become very common in the United States since Japan gave the US 3,000 sakura trees in 1912 to celebrates the nations’ friendship, these trees were planted in Washington D.D. Another set of 3,800 trees were donated in 1965. Every year these sakura trees become a more and more iconic tourist attraction especially during early spring when the ‘National Cherry Blossom Festival’ takes place when the sakura blossom.
In Macon, Georgia the another ‘International Cherry Blossom Festival’ is held. Macon is known as the ‘Cherry Blossom Capital of the World’ because over 275,000 sakura trees are grown there.
In Brooklyn, New York, an ‘Annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival’ is held during may in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. This festivity has been celebrated since 1881 and is one of the gardens most well-known attractions. Simular celebrations are held in Philadelphia and other place throughout the US.
Hanami is also celebrated in a number of European countries. A key example of this is when Finnish people gather in Helsinki at Roihuvuori to celebrate Hanami. Local Japanese people and companies donated 200 cherry trees which are all planted in a single park near Roihuvuori which usually bloom mid-May
In Macon, Georgia the another ‘International Cherry Blossom Festival’ is held. Macon is known as the ‘Cherry Blossom Capital of the World’ because over 275,000 sakura trees are grown there.
In Brooklyn, New York, an ‘Annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival’ is held during may in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. This festivity has been celebrated since 1881 and is one of the gardens most well-known attractions. Simular celebrations are held in Philadelphia and other place throughout the US.
Hanami is also celebrated in a number of European countries. A key example of this is when Finnish people gather in Helsinki at Roihuvuori to celebrate Hanami. Local Japanese people and companies donated 200 cherry trees which are all planted in a single park near Roihuvuori which usually bloom mid-May