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Cherry Blossoms: History Behind the Bloom

Katherine LaGrave | Posted 04.16.2013 | Travel

Read More: History, Okinawa, Samurai, Blossom, Sakura, Picnic, Nature, Cherry Blossoms, Spring, Japan, Kyoto, National Cherry Blossom Festival, Hanami, Culture, Travel News

It cannot be overstated that in Japan, the sakura is serious business. But why are the blossoms so significant? Here's hoping you get out and enjoy them this spring -- perhaps, even, with a little more history than before.

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The Most Beautiful Cookie In The World

Posted 10.19.2012 | Taste

Read More: Edible Flowers, Video, Sugar Cookie Decorating, Cookie Ideas, Sakura, Preserved Sakura, Baking, Decorating Cookies, Decorating Cookie Ideas, Taste News

Cherry blossoms and sugar cookies, it doesn't get much better.

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Psychedelic Cherry Blossom Dreams

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.23.2012 | Arts

Read More: Photography, Video, Cherry Blossom Photos, Sakura, Takeshi Suga, Cherry Blossoms, Lomography, Springtime, Slideexpand, Nostalgia, Arts News

The cherry blossom, or sakura, is a purely ornamental flower -- it produces no fruit. It doesn't have to, though, because even the flower itself knows...

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Why Worry About Fukushima When Hiroshima and Nagasaki Are Safe?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.10.2011 | World

Read More: Fukushima Nuclear Reactors, The Great Tohoku Earthquake of 2011, Fusion, Chernobyl 1986, Hiroshima 1946, Little Boy, Nagasaki 1946, Sakura, Fat Man, World News

It's now just past a month since the Great Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Cataclysm, starting with "Hawaii Tsunami, Again" on March 11. I lan...

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