If you are searching for emotions in Rome, stop to admire the wonderful Hanami blossoming cherry flowers between late March and mid-April. Have a pleasant walk throughout the Eternal City and visit the four places where to enjoy the shade of cherry trees.
Hanami at the EUR Pond – Facebook @laghettodelleur
The Japanese word Hanami ‘observing the flowers’, refers to the white, pink blooms of the Sakura cherry trees. Their blossoming is said to strengthen noble virtues such as courage, loyalty and purity, the qualities of a Samurai.
Caressed by the wind as if by magic, these beautiful flowers announce the arrival of spring.
Hanami at the EUR Pond – Facebook @hanamiromalagodelleur
The best site where to contemplate this wonderful event is the Lake in the EUR District, with its Waterfall Garden and Japan Walk, flanked by one hundred and fifty cherry trees donated by the City of Tokyo to the Capital in 1959. Here, the enchanting variety of colours and scents will make you experience the atmosphere of an authentic Zen garden.
Hanami at the “Orto Botanico della Sapienza” – Facebook @museiSapienza
Impressive cherry trees can also be admired at the “Orto Botanico della Sapienza Università di Roma” in the Japanese Garden, created on a design by a Japanese landscape architect and including water games, small waterfalls and two ponds. Let us discover the garden’s monumental centuries-old trees, bamboos, palms, orchids, succulents and aquatic plants, as well as the rose garden, the tropical greenhouse, the Garden of Aromas and the Mediterranean Garden.
“Istituto Giapponese di Cultura”– Facebook @istitutogiapponesedicultura
From the veranda of the “Istituto Giapponese di Cultura”, we can spot a small but suggestive garden, the first of its kind in Italy, projected by the landscape architect Ken Nakajiama in sen style, widespread in Japan from the 1500s to the 1600s.
“Istituto Giapponese di Cultura”– Facebook @istitutogiapponesedicultura
The gorgeous garden of cherry trees in bloom, wisteria, irises, dwarf pines and Mediterranean olive trees in enriched by a rocky waterfall, a carp pond, small islands, a little bridge and a stone lantern.
Hanami at the “Parco dell’Appia Antica” Hanami – Facebook @parcoappiaantica
Finally, Hanami can also be appreciated in the “Parco dell’Appia Antica – UNESCO World Heritage Site”
This splendid gift of nature is a metaphor for life and its fragility, as the flowers fall just at their maximum splendour to be born again in Spring.
Let us experience the miracles of nature while drinking green tea and enjoying sakura mochi rice pastries!