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Date: 20/11/25
In Japan, cherry blossoms are not merely flowers—they are a collective emotion that rises and falls with the season. Every year, as winter loosens its grip, the entire country enters a quiet anticipation. Families track blossom forecasts the way others follow election results. Friends make plans weeks in advance, choosing their perfect corner under a tree. And when the first buds finally open, Japan breathes differently—slower, softer, as though the land itself is exhaling.
Yet what moves people most is not the beauty alone. It is the reminder hidden inside the petals: everything precious is temporary, and that is what makes it glow brighter. Sakura teaches a nation to celebrate the moment, not the permanence.
Visitors from around the world feel this too. Under those pale pink branches, strangers become companions, sharing the same brief miracle of colour and light.
This is Japan’s pride—transforming a passing bloom into a universal lesson in how to live.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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