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Cherry blossoms are an
part of Japanese culture. People keep a close
on the news of blossoming times from
made by the Japanese Meteorological Agency. The
are called "sakura" in Japan. Many people plan trips to
cherry blossom areas and spend hours having picnics under the sakura. The cherry blossoms also provide Japan with an important economic
each spring. People come from all over the world to view
. Japan's Mainichi newspaper explained the importance of sakura. It wrote: "Sakura has
influenced Japanese
for centuries. It has regularly been used in poetry and literature. Their fragility is seen as a symbol of life,
and rebirth."
