New Beginnings | The Pink Cherry Blossom Tree | Love | Hope | Pink Flowers | Minimalism

The Pink Cherry Blossom, referred to as Hanami, is a cross-cultural symbol of hope and new beginnings. Hanami remains the focal point of flower gazing events which occur worldwide, transcending cultural differences to unite people of various identities to slow down, serving as a powerful reminder of the transient nature of life.

Leveraging the delicate sight of the Cherry Blossom as the focus of flower gazing events, as a symbol to represent a time of love, hope and new beginnings originated in Japanese culture, dating as far back as the Heian period which spanned from 794AD to 1185AD.

First Lady Helen Taft and Viscountess Chinda are responsible for a revolutionary moment which established initial international corporation - gifting the president of Washington, William Howard Taft, 3,005 Cherry trees on March 26th 1912 as a gesture of enduring friendship, peace and international cooperation between the United States and Japan, planting the first two of these trees near the Tidal Basin on March 27 1912.

The significance of this historical moment as a diplomatic desire to begin a politically-neutral intersection between two vastly different cultural spheres manifests itself today in the form of annual flower gazing events which span various cultures and continents across the wide world.

The Cherry Blossom as a multicultural symbol of love, hope, new beginnings and the focus annual flower gazing events held worldwide continue to unite people in a shared appreciation for a fleeting moment of spiritual resurgence, bridging cultural divides to reinforce a unique moment of social connectedness, a practice once only available to the elite of the Japanese Imperial Court which reigned in the 8th-century.