一緒に花見に行こうか？

The Pinks of Kyoto

The cherry blossom in Japan is a dance of observation. In the exchange between observer and observed, what one admires is not only the blooming of the flower, but the act of its falling when its unique time arrives.
The pink petals become a sign of something more intimate and profound than a simple movement. They mirror the seasons of life, where letting go is an act of courage that makes room for the rebirth that will come with quiet patience. In Japanese, the expression used is to do hanami or to make hanami, and choosing to witness this event with someone can be seen as a deeply sincere, almost intimate, act of aesthetic love. The delicacy of feelings that may seem hidden to those not born into Japanese culture is, in truth, revealed through gestures a way, like many others, of showing one’s own fragility and sharing it.