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Snow Sakura in Japan: A magical hanami cherry blossom viewing experience【Pics & Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 11, 2019
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Temperatures dipped dramatically this week, transforming sakura spots into icy pink-tinged dreamworlds.

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• (beautiful • cherry blossoms • flower • hanami • nature • photography • sakura • snow • spring • videos)

Make sakura cherry blossoms fall with your hands at Tokyo Tower

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2019

A digital hanami experience like no other.

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• (cherry blossoms • COK • digital art • hanami • naked • projection mapping • sakura • Tokyo • Tokyo Tower • travel • yozakura)

Visit top Kyoto sites and escape the crowds with new early-morning sakura sightseeing campaign

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2019

Experience a very different side to the city as part of the “Cherry Blossoms in the Morning” promotion.

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• (cherry blossoms • COK • hanami • Kyoto • sakura • SNOJ • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Turn heads under the cherry blossoms with a sakura hat from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2019

Pink hat perfectly resembles a traditional Japanese sakura sweet.

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• (cherry blossoms • cute • fashion • hanami • hats • Kawaii • LOL • pink • sakura • sakura 2019 • sakura mochi • sweets • Village Vanguard)

Sakura Japanese Sake KitKats combine rice wine and cherry blossoms for a sweet hanami experience

• Oona McGee
  Mar 22, 2019

Sakura-flavoured KitKats now come with 0.07 percent alcohol.

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• (cherry blossoms • chocolates • hanami • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • KitKat • nihonshu • sake • sakura • souvenirs)

Sakura report 2019: Cherry blossom season officially declared in Tokyo!

• Oona McGee
  Mar 21, 2019

Hanami season began today in the capital, giving us a better idea of when to expect the glorious full bloom period.

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• (cherry blossoms • hanami • hyoujun-ki • Japan Meteorological Agency • sakura • sakura 2019 • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2019 • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yasukuni • Yasukuni Jinja • Yasukuni Shrine)

Sakura report 2019: First cherry blossoms begin to bloom in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2019

Cherry blossom season has officially arrived in Japan!

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• (cherry blossoms • hanami • hyoujun-ki • Japan Meteorological Agency • sakura • sakura 2019 • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2019 • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yasukuni • Yasukuni Jinja • Yasukuni Shrine)

Starbucks Japan adds new sakura cherry blossom items to its You Are Here Collection

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2019

Plus a Mt Fuji notebook and two adorable plush “bear-istas” dressed in kimono.

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• (cherry blossoms • drinks • drinkware • hanami • pink • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • You Are Here)

Enjoy the cherry blossoms under a sakura umbrella

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2019

Turn heads everywhere you go this hanami season.

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• (cherry blossoms • hanami • handicrafts • Japanese traditional crafts • parasol • pink • sakura • traditional crafts • umbrellas)

Sakura in Japan 2019: The best spots for hanami cherry blossom viewing

• Oona McGee
  Mar 14, 2019

People in Japan cast their vote for their favourite hanami spot and the places where they most want to see sakura before they die.

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• (cherry blossoms • hanami • sakura • travel)

Godiva Japan unveils beautiful cherry blossom party cake, but you won’t find it at fancy stores

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 14, 2019

Gourmet chocolatier is selling its mouthwatering sakura/matcha combo where ordinary people go to satisfy their sweet tooth.

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• (cake • cherry blossoms • chocolate • convenience stores • Godiva • green tea • hanami • Lawson • matcha • sakura • sweets)

We try Starbucks Japan’s new Sakura Frappuccino drinks for cherry blossom season 2019

• Oona McGee
  Feb 18, 2019

We drink the blossoms designed to look like hanami in a cup.

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• (cherry blossoms • COK • drinks • hanami • sakura • sakura 2019 • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Starbucks Japan releases new cherry blossom travel mugs, glasses and goods for 2019

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2019

Two different ranges with totally different blossoms and colour tones.

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• (cherry blossoms • drinks • drinkware • hanami • mugs • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • travel mugs)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Sakura Frappuccino for cherry blossom season 2019

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2019

This year’s hot and cold lineup takes its inspiration from flowers in full bloom.

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• (cherry blossoms • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hanami • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Starbucks Japan unveils first sakura drink for cherry blossom season 2019

• Oona McGee
  Jan 31, 2019

Drink the blossoms this year with a chilled cup of sakura.

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• (cherry blossoms • convenience stores • drinks • hanami • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

Coca-Cola Japan unveils new sakura design bottle for cherry blossom season 2019

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2019

A perfect partner for hanami picnics.

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• (cherry blossoms • Coca-Cola • Coke • design • drinks • hanami • limited edition • marketing • sakura • spring)

Cherry blossoms are blooming in Japan in October, but why?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 19, 2018

The country’s symbol of spring is being spotted in mid-autumn, so we held a one-man sakura party to celebrate!

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• (Ahiru Neko • beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • crazy • flowers • hanami • nature • sakura • SNOJ • Tokyo • weird)

Most Japanese theft ever? Chainsaws taken to flowering cherry blossoms in Osaka

• Richard Simmonds
  Apr 17, 2018

Thieves used machinery to steal flowering cherry blossom branches and tree trunks from a park in Osaka Prefecture.

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• (cherry blossoms • crime • hanami • higashi-osaka • Osaka • theft)

Japan’s top sakura cherry blossom viewing spots littered with trash after hanami picnics

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2018

People in Japan are appalled at the piles of rubbish left behind by visitors this year.

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• (cherry blossoms • garbage • hanami • littering • parks • picnics • sakura • trash)

Japanese Twitter gets excited about foreigner getting excited about cherry blossoms

• Richard Simmonds
  Apr 4, 2018

It seems putting on rose-tinted spectacles not only makes you feel nostalgic, it also makes the ephemeral beauty of cherry blossoms even better.

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• (cherry blossoms • funny • hanami • Japanese • Mr Yabatan • sakura • spring • twitter)

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