Cherry Blossom Rite Lets Japanese Relax. TOKYO (AP) — Japanese by the hundreds of thousands turned out here Sunday for the seasonal rite of cherry blossom viewing. The crowd in Ueno Park alone was estimated at 750.000. The normally ...
In Japan, the cherry blossoms bring work world to a standstill. By LAURA KING Tlie Associated Press. The Associated Press Merrymakers enjoy themselves under blooming cherry trees Saturday afternoon at Tokyo's Ueno Park. The gridlock at the ...
... in as spectacular a show as cherry blossom time in Tokyo's Ueno park, or Kobe's hill slopes. The place to be at for cherry blossom viewing in Seoul. is at Changgyong-won, an amusement park with a zoo. and always a hive of activity. If ...
Cherry-blossom time brings out spirit of community, celebration in Tokyo. By ... Ueno Park a long promenade of cherry trees overhung the broad walkways One ... in blankets and scraps of plastic would lie in the cordoned. Sec SMITH on C2.
Cherry trees cast a magic spell CHRIS WELSCH MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL STAR TRIBUNE Visitor enchanted by sights in Japan ... During the days the cherries blossom, Japanese people take tune off to picnic and drink under the trees; it's an annual ...
... for the pagoda would be beside the Tidal Basin, which the famed cherry trees, also a Japanese gift, en. circle. Howpver,. National. decision rests Capital Parks. The 16-foot bronze temple is made* of solid, hand-hewn granite. One stone ...
... in Ueno park, which is famous for its cherry blossoms. So, when the Japanese presented the lantern in 1953 the city fathers of Washington placed it at the Tidal basin, also famed for its cherry blossoms. Each year, ceremonies are held at ...
... here Sunday for the seasonal rite of cherry blossom viewing. The crowd in .Ueno Park alone was estimated at 750,000. The normally reserved Japanese relax a little during cherry blossom season, drinking, singing and dancing in public.
... the street. Meanwhile, in Tokyo Saturday night, more than 200,000 Japanese turned out at that city's Ueno Park, where the cherry blossoms were still in full bloom. Many sang and danced while enjoying a night view of the blossoms.
... in the air — Saturday — a mixture of the faint scent of cherry blossoms and the sweet smell of sake drawing fam ... blossom spot Ueno Park. Million — more will turn out as the bloom sweeps north through Japan in coming weeks. In a ...