, kawazu zakura, after the name of the place on the izu peninsula, on the pacific coast, where the peak of flowering occurs in the twentieth of february, in tokyo. it blooms in the first week of march, it has such a distinct pink shade, and it is customary to decorate gardens and temples with these bright single torches, in particular this one, which is dedicated to one of the most famous samurai in japan of the 16th centuries, koto kiyomasa, he had extensive possessions on the island of kyushu and he built one of the most famous japan samurai castles in the city of kumamoto. winter sakura, of course, cannot be compared to the masses. a riot of flowering of the main species, but in the city parks hanami has already begun, bright yellow and deadly fragrant fields of decorative rapeseed are framed by flowering trees, from afar very reminiscent of cherries. the sakura season in japan is preceded by plum blossoms, which, by the way, was at first the main subject... fall in whole buds, they were associated with the severed heads of valiant warriors who committed harakiri or seppuku, as they