Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Me playing the famous Japanese folk song „Sakura“ in an own varied solo piano arrangement. This is a cooperation with the walking channel @JapanPotato who caught the most recent cherry blossoms in Germany: youtube.com/c/JapanPotato
For more inspiration from Japan please watch my photo collection of my journeys: youtu.be/W0tzKy8sU-c
My Japanese Solo Piano Ghibli Collection: youtu.be/PzUiA9mNVNk
Sakura Sakura" (さくら さくら, "Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms"), also known as "Sakura", is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms. It is often sung in international settings as a song representative of Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, the song did not originate in ancient times; it was a popular, urban melody of the Edo period.
Hanami (花見, "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers; flowers (hana) are in this case almost always referring to those of the cherry (sakura) or, less frequently, plum (ume) trees.From the end of March to early May, cherry trees bloom all over Japan, and around the first of February on the island of Okinawa.The blossom forecast (桜前線, sakura-zensen) "cherry blossom front" is announced each year by the Japan Meteorological Agency, and is watched carefully by those planning hanami as the blossoms only last a week or two.
In modern-day Japan, hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura during daytime or at night. In some contexts the Sino-Japanese term kan'ō (観桜, view-cherry) is used instead, particularly for festivals. Hanami at night is called yozakura (夜桜) "night sakura". In many places such as Ueno Park temporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of yozakura. On the island of Okinawa, decorative electric lanterns are hung in the trees for evening enjoyment, such as on the trees ascending Mt. Yae, near Motobu Town, or at the Nakijin Castle.
A more ancient form of hanami also exists in Japan, which is enjoying the plum blossoms (梅 ume) instead, which is narrowly referred to as umemi (梅見, plum-viewing). This kind of hanami is popular among older people, because they are calmer than the sakura parties, which usually involve younger people and can sometimes be very crowded and noisy.
Sakura, sakura
sakura sakura
noyama mo sato mo
miwatasu kagiri
kasumi ka kumo ka
asahi ni niou
sakura sakura
hana zakari
sakura sakura
yayoi no sora wa
miwatasu kagiri
kasumi ka kumo ka
nioi zo izuru
izaya izaya
mi ni yukan
Sakura, sakura,
in the fields and hills and the villages
As far as the eye can see.
Like fog, like clouds.
shining in the rising sun,
Sakura, sakura
The heyday
Sakura, sakura,
the spring sky
As far as the eye can see.
Like fog, like clouds.
The scent and the colors
let's go, let's go
Enjoy the sight
#Sakura #Piano #Japanese
Me playing the famous Japanese folk song „Sakura“ in an own varied solo piano arrangement. This is a cooperation with the walking channel @JapanPotato who caught the most recent cherry blossoms in Germany: youtube.com/c/JapanPotato
For more inspiration from Japan please watch my photo collection of my journeys: youtu.be/W0tzKy8sU-c
My Japanese Solo Piano Ghibli Collection: youtu.be/PzUiA9mNVNk
Sakura Sakura" (さくら さくら, "Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms"), also known as "Sakura", is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms. It is often sung in international settings as a song representative of Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, the song did not originate in ancient times; it was a popular, urban melody of the Edo period.
Hanami (花見, "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers; flowers (hana) are in this case almost always referring to those of the cherry (sakura) or, less frequently, plum (ume) trees.From the end of March to early May, cherry trees bloom all over Japan, and around the first of February on the island of Okinawa.The blossom forecast (桜前線, sakura-zensen) "cherry blossom front" is announced each year by the Japan Meteorological Agency, and is watched carefully by those planning hanami as the blossoms only last a week or two.
In modern-day Japan, hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura during daytime or at night. In some contexts the Sino-Japanese term kan'ō (観桜, view-cherry) is used instead, particularly for festivals. Hanami at night is called yozakura (夜桜) "night sakura". In many places such as Ueno Park temporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of yozakura. On the island of Okinawa, decorative electric lanterns are hung in the trees for evening enjoyment, such as on the trees ascending Mt. Yae, near Motobu Town, or at the Nakijin Castle.
A more ancient form of hanami also exists in Japan, which is enjoying the plum blossoms (梅 ume) instead, which is narrowly referred to as umemi (梅見, plum-viewing). This kind of hanami is popular among older people, because they are calmer than the sakura parties, which usually involve younger people and can sometimes be very crowded and noisy.
Sakura, sakura
sakura sakura
noyama mo sato mo
miwatasu kagiri
kasumi ka kumo ka
asahi ni niou
sakura sakura
hana zakari
sakura sakura
yayoi no sora wa
miwatasu kagiri
kasumi ka kumo ka
nioi zo izuru
izaya izaya
mi ni yukan
Sakura, sakura,
in the fields and hills and the villages
As far as the eye can see.
Like fog, like clouds.
shining in the rising sun,
Sakura, sakura
The heyday
Sakura, sakura,
the spring sky
As far as the eye can see.
Like fog, like clouds.
The scent and the colors
let's go, let's go
Enjoy the sight
#Sakura #Piano #Japanese
