A picturesque cherry avenue along the Kaji-kawa embankment 
V. HOW AND WHEN TO VIEW 
CHERRY BLOSSOM 
The ideal time to see cherry flowers and fully appre- 
ciate their beauty is decidedly the early morning hours 
—of a fine day, of course. Cherry flowers look most 
beautiful when viewed from the sunny side, with the 
morning sun shining behind the viewer, and with the 
flowers basking in its warm mild rays. Only at such 
a time and in such environment do the sakura flowers 
fully manifest their beauty. The following short poem 
by Moto-ori Norinaga expresses the quintessence of the 
beauty of the sakura trees :— 
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