If you live in
The events on April 2 & 3 will coincide with the Sakura Days Japan Fair, a contemporary Japanese festival that honours the cherry blossom tree. The family-friendly Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival) celebrates modern and traditional
While visitors are strolling in the gardens, they can admire the special installation of Haiku poems, written by the winners of the festival’s Haiku Invitational in 2010. These three-line poems, a theme central to the festival, will be reproduced in the calligraphic traditions of the English and Japanese languages, then reproduced on scrim in the form of noren and mounted on bamboo poles supported on stone bases.
And because it’s also a birthday celebration, Vancouverites can still purchase a Birthday Blossoms tree for only $40. Until March 29, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival (www.vcbf.ca) and the Dorothy and David Lam Foundation are offering this very special opportunity to purchase affordable cherry trees and plant them on private property including gardens, school grounds, and company lawns.
It will be a colourful weekend, with culinary delights, Japanese extravaganza, and pink and white petals galore.
Here’s VCBF’s favourite Haiku for this year, written by the winner of the 2009 Haiku Invitational, Katrina Sheperd of
cherry blossoms
no need to decorate
the birthday cake!
Come and help celebrate the city and its blossoms!
