This year’s Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival got off to a perfect start Thursday, April 5, with sunshine and cherry blossoms both cooperating. The Akebono cherry trees alongside Burrard Skytrain station (site of the festival kick-off) were in full bloom!
The event included Taiko drumming and other performances of Japanese music, as well as energetic Bollywood-influenced dancing that got the crowd joining in (led by Shiamak dancers, who are choreographing a flashmob umbrella dance to happen April 14).
The blossoms, people, and multicultural celebration inspired this haiku:
downtown Vancouver
oasis of blossoms
welcomes everyone
(Note: the festival also hosts an annual international haiku contest)
The celebration of blossoms continued at Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Garden over the weekend with Sakura Days Japan Fair.
Tags: cherry blossoms, haiku, hanami, sakura, Sakura Days Japan Fair, spring, Vancouver, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
April 9, 2012 at 6:26 pm |
Lucky!!!! Ours are long gone, though I am enjoyed some mysterious (not cherry) tree blossoming by our front deck. I’ll post pictures soon. Hope you enjoyed it enough for me too.
April 9, 2012 at 10:23 pm |
Some varieties are finished here, but others are just starting. Should be enough blossoms to keep me going for a couple more weeks…
April 20, 2012 at 11:22 am |
Still blooming? Ours are long gone and again, I didn’t see a one. :( Thanks for stopping by.
April 20, 2012 at 2:18 pm |
The ones in the above photo are finished now, but some different varieties are still in bloom. I promised a follow-up post on another Cherry Blossom Festival event, but haven’t had time to write it yet –hope there are still some blooming by the time get to it!