They say March 27 is sakura no hi (さくらの日), Day of Cherry Blossom. This was decided by the Nihon Sakura no kai (日本さくらの会), Japan Cherry Blossom Association in 1992.
They made it today because the pun of sakura and 3 (sa) x 9 (ku) = 27. Saku (咲く)in Japanese means to bloom. Around March 27th is the day of 桜始開(sakuraha hajimete hiraku: Cherry blossom first bloom) in shichijyuni ko (七十二候), 72 pentads. Each nijyushi sekki (二十四節季) is divided into 3 pentads of 5 days each. Sakura hajimete hiraku (桜始開) is the second pentads of shunbun (春分).
Cherry blossoms are the Japanese national flower and Japanese people are very looking forward to seeing cherry blossoms in spring.
I hope you will have a chance to come to Japan to see cherry blossoms someday.
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