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Cherry blossom beer is coming back to Japan this spring!

Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2016
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Microbrew arrives in time for sakura-viewing parties.

Japan
(alcohol • beer • cherry blossoms • drinks • sakura)

Kyoto tea maker Tsujiri offers a taste of spring with sakura sweets and drinks!

Kay
Feb 19, 2016

Spring, and cherry blossoms, may still be a little while ahead, but you’ll soon be able to enjoy a sweet taste of them at the Tsujiri tea shop in Kyoto!

Japan
(cafes • drinks • green tea • Kyoto • matcha • restaurants • sakura • sweets • Tsujiri)

Get your Garrett Popcorn in beautiful SAKURA Tins this spring — while supplies last!

Kay
Feb 19, 2016

Sure, Garrett Popcorn is tasty whatever container it comes in, but this makes it extra special!

Japan
(cans • Garrett popcorn • Kawaii • sakura • Snack • spring)

Blast away your winter blues with these new springtime treats from Krispy Kreme Japan【Video】

KK Miller
Feb 17, 2016

They might not be out for public consumption until February 24, but one lucky YouTuber was fortunate enough to get a special taste test.

Japan
(doughnuts • food • green tea • Krispy Kreme Japan • matcha • sakura • sweets • video • wa • yuzu)

Sakura cherry blossoms and a Japanese-style great wave feature on new sneakers from Saucony

Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2016

Step into spring with a little help from some iconic Japanese imagery.

Japan, USA
(cherry blossoms • cool • fashion • sakura • Saucony • shoes • sneakers)

New canned sakura liquor beverage appears in Japan, courtesy of Suntory 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2016

Sakura Sakuranbo aims to please with two types of cherry flavors.

Japan
(alcohol • cherry blossoms • chu-hi • drinks • sakura • sour • Suntory • taste test)

Sakura season comes early to Starbucks with two new Japan-exclusive dessert beverages

Casey Baseel
Feb 15, 2016

No need to wait until spring to sip these cherry blossom and strawberry treats.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • chocolate • drinks • Frappuccino • sakura • Starbucks • sweets)

Sakura sneakers, in three different varieties, now on sale from Nike 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2016

These cherry blossom kicks will tell the whole world your feet are ready for spring.

USA
(cherry blossoms • cool • Nike • sakura • shoes • sneakers)

World’s first-ever Sakura Pepsi coming to Japan this March

Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2016

Japanese beverage maker Suntory has just announced it will be releasing its first-ever cherry blossom-flavoured Pepsi this spring.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • Japan • pepsi • sakura • soft drinks)

Get Asahi Super Dry beer in a spring sakura package for a limited time!

Kay
Feb 6, 2016

It’s still in the middle of winter in Japan, but beer bottles and cans from Asahi are already dressing up for sakura-filled spring!

Japan
(Asahi Super Dry • beer • cherry blossom • sakura • spring)

Get ready for a cherry-blossom-flavored spring with Sakura Butter potato chips from Calbee!

Kay
Feb 1, 2016

We may be in the dead of winter here in Japan, but snack makers are already coming out with a taste of Spring.

Japan
(butter • Calbee • potato chips • sakura • snacks)

New glassware from Japan uses condensation to create sakura cherry blossom imprints on your table

Oona McGee
Jan 21, 2016

Because you might be too old to play with your food, but you’re not too old to play with your glasses.

Japan
(cherry blossom • cool • cute • design • drinks • glasses • hanami • sake • sakura • snow)

Kit Kat taxis blessed by Shinto priest offer good luck to test-taking passengers

Oona McGee
Jan 18, 2016

Now you can boost your chance of passing an exam by calling for a Kit Kat cab in Japan.

Japan
(chocolate • cool • culture • examinations • Kit Kat • sakura • school • tests • tradition)

New sakura-flavoured Red Bull to be released in Japan in time for cherry blossom season

Oona McGee
Jan 6, 2016

Say hello to the world’s first sakura-flavoured energy drink from Red Bull.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • energy drinks • hanami • Japan • limited edition • Red Bull • sakura • seasonal drinks)

Naruto and cast debut in fashion shows around the world, stun from the runway【Photos】

KK Miller
Oct 21, 2015

It is always hard to let go of the things we love, which is why we have to take a look whenever Naruto is mentioned anywhere on the Internet. It doesn’t matter what it is, just give us more Naruto.

One tumblr teases the idea of what the ninjas of Konoha and the other hidden villages would look like wearing the latest fashions and gracing runways around the world. We guarantee you haven’t seen high fashion quite like this before. Team Kakashi, strut your stuff!

Internet
(Boruto • fashion • Naruto • sakura • sasuke • show)

Warning! You may never see drawings of cherry blossoms the same way after this

Casey Baseel
May 9, 2015

What do you see when you look at the Batman logo? To most people, it’s clearly a black bat, spreading its wings against a yellow background. But others interpret the design a little differently. To them, it’s a set of yellow teeth and tonsils staring back from the inky darkness of a gaping mouth.

Surprisingly, what works with bats apparently can work with sakura, too, as one Japanese Twitter says that instead of a single cherry blossom, the etching on this manhole cover looks like a cluster of five cute surprises.

Japan
(animals • art • cherry blossoms • cute • sakura)

The not-so-fleeting beauty of the cherry blossoms: An alternate perspective

Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2015

I used to work nights and weekends at my old job, and one particularly unlucky year I was missing all the cherry blossom parties friends were having while I was stuck in the office. I managed to catch a break, though, because right at the tail end of sakura season a girl I knew had a day off that matched up with one of mine, so we decided to go check out the flowers together.

We met at the station, walked down to the river, and the scenery was drop-dead gorgeous, like something out of a travel guide or some trendy Japanese TV drama or anime. After walking down a lantern-lit path lined with cherry trees in full bloom, we bought some snacks from a food stall in a park, sat down, and spent an hour or so soaking up the atmosphere.

It’s weird to think that in just a few days, all those achingly captivating pink petals would fall from their branches and be blown away by the wind. But hey, that’s what makes the sakura so special, right? Their beauty is that much greater because it’s so fleeting, right?

Yeah…I’m not sure I buy that.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • culture • flowers • nature • sakura)

Snow sakura! Spring and winter collide as frost and cherry blossoms mingle in Japan 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2015

As I sit here writing this, it’s been a solid four days since I’ve seen a patch of blue sky. That’s hard enough on someone who grew up in sun-drenched southern California, but what makes it worse is that right now the cherry blossoms are blooming across Japan, and the week-long forecast of cold and precipitation isn’t what many were hoping for as they made plans to head out and admire the short-lived flowers.

But while sakura in the sun are always preferable to sakura in the rain, once the temperature dips down low enough, the flowers become captivating in a whole new way, as shown in these beautiful photos of cherry blossoms in the snow.

Japan
(beautfiful • cherry blossoms • flowers • nature • sakura • snow)

Couldn’t catch the cherry blossoms in full bloom? We’ve got a unique idea for you!

KK Miller
Apr 4, 2015

Of all the beautiful sights in Japan, there is nothing quite like cherry blossoms blooming in spring. As soon as the winds of winter end, these tiny buds start growing and cities are filled with various shades of pink. However the cherry blossom season is very short, and just as soon as the sakura have come, they’re falling off the trees in a downpour of petals.

But when these petals fall into a river, or cover a paved street, another magical sight can be enjoyed. Let us show you another way you can enjoy cherry blossoms once they have blown off the tree with breathtaking pictures of hanaikada, cherry blossoms floating atop a river.

Japan
(beautiful • cherry blossoms • floral raft • hanami • nature • sakura)

South Korean media wants the world to know that “cherry blossoms originated there”

Master Blaster
Mar 30, 2015

It’s that time of year again, when the cold of winter fades away and gives birth to the beautiful pink and white hues of cherry blossoms contrasted against their trees’ elegant dark branches. It’s a season long identified with Japanese culture around the world.

However, news organizations in South Korea are declaring that this has gone on long enough and are calling for a concerted effort to let everyone know once and for all that cherry blossoms are theirs.