The last weekend of March is the kickoff for the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival ... Enter to be represented at the upcoming haiku exhibition. The top poems in six categories (Vancouver ...

Japan 's official cherry blossom spotters ... picnicking under the trees. Sakura have deeply influenced Japanese culture for centuries and have regularly been used in poetry and literature ...

Very few displays in nature’s extensive repertoire can match the impact of cherry blossom. There may still be a nip in the ...

Lions approached the crowd slowly, moving to the center of the plaza to steady and rhythmic Okinawan beats. Two, three, then ...

The haikuist was surprised to see cherry ... now” of a haiku moment. In today’s column, haikuists observe the importance of timing as a poetic device in the shortest form of poetry.

Readers are invited to compose haiku to celebrate the arrival of cherry blossoms ... “Only One Tree Haiku, Music & Metaphor” (2015); “Canada Project Collected Essays & Poems” Vols.

Next to Japan, Vancouver is a great place to go on a sakuragari (or sakura hunting) adventure during cherry blossom ... blossoms trees while enjoying a variety of art activities (such as origami, felt ...

Japan’s official cherry blossom ... tree at the specimen tree at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Monday March 24, 2025. (Kyodo Photo via AP) PA Media Sakura have deeply influenced Japanese culture for ...