TOKYO - I never fail to feel awe when Japan, already so regularly picture perfect, becomes pretty in pink when the sakura cherry blossoms go into full bloom - including in Tokyo this week.
For many in Japan, the cherry blossoms have come to take on a poetic meaning in their swift evolution from buds to blossoms and then to withering and dying in just a matter of days.
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