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Cherry blossom festival


Cherry blossom festival

 

GPS Coordinates

1 -- Außenalster, Hamburg, Germany
Decimal Lat: 53.569574 / Lon: 10.010262
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Cherry blossom festival – Alster bathed in riot of colour

Japanese cherry blossom festival: Annual event mid May

There has been an annual Japanese cherry blossom festival with a firework display on the Outer Alster ever ince 1968. This gift from the Japanese community to the Hanseatic City brings hundreds of thousands of people to the Alster every year. At the end of the 1960s, the Japanese community gave their Hamburgian hosts some cherry trees that were planted in Alsterpark, on Alsterkrugchaussee and Altonaer Balkon.

The presentation was a thank-you for their hospitality. For the Japanese, cherry blossom is an important symbol of their country’s culture, marking the beginning of spring and standing for emergence from winter, for beauty and transience.

This year, as in every other year, a cherry blossom princess will be proclaimed. Her main duty is to represent the City of Hamburg in Japan.

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