SPRING IN JAPAN. 

Spring is the season of cherry blossoms in Japan , and it is simply beautiful! Delicate and colorful , with shades of pink is one of the phenomena of nature that I'd really like to witness .

In Japanese culture , the flowering of this tree is the most considered manifestation of beauty, although it is little florida time because they fall very quickly and are spread by the wind. In Japan, the cherry blossom is known as Sakura and represents the Samurai class, which believes in the transitory nature of existence. For the Japanese , this Asian origin flower symbolizes nobility and fertility and there are more than three hundred varieties of cherry trees.

National Geographic gathered amazing photos :spring-japan-cherry-blossoms-national-geographics-9

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