Kusukela ngoMashi kuya kuMeyi, izivakashi ezivakashela eJapane zikhangwa umbono othakazelisayo we-sakura, izimbali eziqhakazayo, ezihlobisa izindawo zasemadolobheni nezasemaphandleni ngombala wazo opinki ophaphathekile omangalisayo - okungenye yezici ezikhanga kakhulu zokuvakashela i-Land of the Rising Sun. .
JNTO, Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Kazwelonke YaseJapane, isebenza ngendlela ekhangayo newusizo iwebhusayithi ebikezela njalo ngonyaka ukuvela nokuthi ukuphi inkathi yokuqhakaza kwe-cherry. Uma kubhekwa ubude besikhathi esibanzi saseJapan esingamakhilomitha ayinkulungwane, izimbali ze-sakura zingabonwa ziqhakaza maphakathi no-March kuya maphakathi no-May.
Izimbali zama-cherry kubikezelwa ukuthi zizoqhakaza kuqala e-Kyushu, isiqhingi esiseningizimu yezwe, cishe ngoMashi 19. I-Tokyo kulindeleke ukuthi ibone lezi zimbali ngoMashi 20, ilandelwe yi-Hiroshima ngo-March 21. I-Kyoto izoba nezimbali ze-cherry esikhathini esingangesonto kamuva. Ekuqaleni kuka-April, izimbali ze-cherry zizoqhakaza esifundeni sase-Tohoku enyakatho ye-Honshu. Izimbali zizoya enyakatho, zifinyelele eSapporo eHokkaido ngasekupheleni kuka-April, futhi ekugcineni zivele eKushiro, eHokkaido ngoMeyi 12.
Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu, izimbali zaseJapane zakha ukunaka kwabantu baseMelika. Ukuthakasela kwaqala lapho iJapane inikela ngokukhululekile ngezihlahla zama-cherry ezingu-3,000 ezizotshalwa ngasogwini lwasePotomac. Unyaka ngamunye, uquqaba lwabantu baseMelika luthutheleka eWashington, DC luzobona umbukiso omuhle walezi zihlahla, eziqhakaza amasonto amabili nje kuphela. Nokho, labo abazama ukuya eJapane banikezwa isikhathi eside esiyizinsuku ezingamashumi ayisithupha ukuze bajabulele ubuhle obumangalisayo bemvelo.
Unyaka ka-2024 uqokwe ngokusemthethweni ohulumeni baseMelika nabaseJapan njengoNyaka Wezokuvakasha wase-US-Japan, futhi ezokuvakasha kuzo zombili izinhlangothi kulindeleke ukuthi zikhule kakhulu.
