お花見

Japanese love to go on picnic to see cherry blossoms in this season. Many department stores, super markets and restaurants sell pretty Hanami Bento(a lunch box for flower viewing).
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Usually, a cherry blossom season starts in the end of March in KYUSHU, the southern part of Japan, and lasts until early in May in HOKKAIDO, the north island in Japan. In February every year, Japan Meteorological Agency and several weather associations launch a forecast of when cherry blossom will bloom as below.

Sakura mochi
Sakura mochi is Japanese traditional sweet (わがし) wraped with a salty cherry blossom leaf. Outside is sticky rice and sweet red bean paste inside. Japanese enjoy pretty pink colour and appearance of Sakura mochi as well as the scent of cherry blossom leaf. They love to eat it when the cherry blossom season comes.