New-York tribune., 1908-04-19
ruERRY BLOSSOM DAYS.
pJrImS Celebrate the FcStiral of
Tama--qLHra IN Japan.
Ry VI W. Mount.

- cherry blossoms appear. and all Nippon
- the festival OF Yama- -zakura. Scarce
'--,.ra,e home in this country is now without
= 5rarfed cherry trees in pots: its more
80 yr,w.hs in sheltered gardens. Pill
- are made 20 Japanese nurseries in the
go and ou Long Island TO watch the un-
.,s;,y of this sacred flower 10 bear home pots
-, trees eight years OF age but dwarfed
= ,.5sted to less than two feet Of roseate
's~.s,ess. or merely TO worship, it were, at
tse shrine Of their beauty.
RS sacred cherry blossoms thickly cover the
,-.,-hes appes-ing entirely without foliage
c.,ns drpop in 'Neeping' fashion, like an urn-
-, ~ flower. others are so large and SO
n. ch-rSantheaIun,s in form that they are
IL, the cbry~4nthemum cherry blossom:
a ar PINK in hue.
r.. origin OF the religious rites belonging to
v.r,-zakllra Is lost in the mists Of antiquity
hrt the aowcr is still worshipped. in a way
r js associated s5-h and dedicated TO temples
=. b~-r--. but --e festival Of day partakes
=, - q f.,r.-.- social event than of a strictly
relisious occasion
q-s.s IS The season -or the Cherry Blossom Fes-
.srsI in Iaasn when Yama -zakura. the noun
"a, ..lar-r and raa.u-zakura. the lantern bios
sorn raa--r. drop delicate petals. like light
,-as-.- .c1a -.. urturned faces of their wor-
shpper~
7, .s,- ra-r re a- the year those mountains
:, J.p4n aa5.f #s not pierce the mysteries Of
the ,itl6s a.-.-..>r The daWning day-with a
sal;..-e -.ua Long rays of rose tinted color
e,ss along .Ha brink ~ he SGnIida River which
sass through Ttse. and the flush Is repeated
!, family e1---a-.led HraIths that sink into
The clear depth al the wafer
The hH of rasoyana. from whence the
rnon the ssul-. white sails that float upon the
sarl,,r = T5a .r.-.s. bushes in the joyful tint
tbat hsr.ids ras presence of spring. As the
srushtne % eaa varying for the day so to the
Jananese IS -5e aas that deepens in Yama-
Eskur4. rising and falling in waves Of radiant
color upon The hills and valleys Of Nippon
In Kioto many come from afa- TO Gy-On TO
visit mat Ha-t-7ss large cherry tree which
grows ,bero. Na.-r sixty feet in height. is the
famous ,-e- a- r.-Dr. with sirth known TO
m other -ha--y --.e 2 the Empire and branches
that spread 5- .r..sh they would extend be-
y7nd he e5n-f--s " Gy-On and lift pink palms
Of blss-1-..r- a...-- - the blue skies of Kioto
Bey9nf
In Apr. -a- -er in Toxic looks upward
70 -aa 5a- .+ ...-Aa color that canoplos his
head ana rsr. is his horizon. Along the way of
the S--i5l River boats skim Iazily by loath 10
pas. beyond =g t The lire OF picturesque tea
h5u- -tr E-.--. Tho river brink all spriukIed
over -a -.- -- petals and seen through
ar55-e-. .---s pink which lake shapes that
We 9.-s one -...r ID beauty and outriyal
51a .s3-.ar .- -..
sp-rli --a large blossoms Of Choin-zak kIra
dry5q. +. The radiant form that
sugges--l -.a -...a -aay bea--Iautern cherry
seeming - gil -.. way along the rivers IaUy-
ninth -e .- .7 gent glory Some bios
soas. single r-l. cover cherry tree boughs
IN Rtr- -a- .-e- snow. Ct in tlnts that
DEEPEN --1-a ~ pearl to the hue in the
ha2- y some are double and some
si1g-- -nE .-e --a-~--5ke the weeping
Rilea. --. a.rh large double pe,aI.ed
blossom .- --- pink.
~ r- .r March old residents tell
the stranger r Japan. while younger people
smi - that This Is April, in the
-eR trI.~
rea calendars is sometimes
C1Ht.--- -. --- stranger. uot SO the green grit
r,ai That --.I- 10 Toslla5yam5. Every one
who -aE- pilgrimage along this way
ot -.- -.---. --.-s .l cherry blossom time for
one s.a travels -..= road reaches that famous
ras5r-. --e mountain Tosh-noyama. which lies
d-stlu- u E..a about a hundred miles ana
Ehe-s E.---z a-ra a9lri=Les n greatest
t--u.s -l .-.---..1.
The .. song in Japan that tolls how
Van. famous mountain cherry
ursg.i- .-= ..-- ---- and blossoms aCterward.
s,-aas--s r5 listen TO this old song set the
TIM = --.- -..-.,.- -t- u the cherry tree bs.,,