Cherry blossom
A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is called sakura after the Japanese (桜 or 櫻; さくら).
Cherry blossom is speculated to be native to the Himalayas. Currently it is widely distributed, especially in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere including Europe, West Siberia, India, China, Japan, Korea, Canada, and the United States. The cherry blossom is considered the national flower of Japan.
Many of the varieties that have been cultivated for ornamental use do not produce fruit. Edible cherries generally come from cultivars of the related species Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus. Cherry blossom are also closely related to other Prunus trees such as the almond, peach, plum and apricot and more distantly to apples, pears and roses.
Flower viewing
"Hanami" is the centuries-old practice of picnicking under a blooming sakura or ume tree. The custom is said to have started during the Nara Period (710–794) when it was ume blossoms that people admired in the beginning. But by the Heian Period (794–1185), cherry blossoms came to attract more attention and hanami was synonymous with sakura. From then on, in both waka and haiku, "flowers" (花, hana) meant "cherry blossoms". The custom was originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court, but soon spread to samurai society and, by the Edo period, to the common people as well. Tokugawa Yoshimune planted areas of cherry blossom trees to encourage this. Under the sakura trees, people had lunch and drank sake in cheerful feasts.
Capsule (band)
Capsule (カプセル, Kapuseru, stylized as CAPSULE since autumn 2013) is a Japanese electronica duo consisting of vocalist Toshiko Koshijima and producer Yasutaka Nakata.
Music
Capsule formed in November 1997, after Nakata Yasutaka and Koshijima Toshiko met at the Teens' Music Festival in the Hokuriku area convention when they were 17 years old. Their first single was "Sakura", released in March 2001 on Yamaha Music Communications. Their first album, High Collar Girl, was significantly different from their later works in that it did not involve nearly as much use of synthesizers or contain futuristic/electronic sounds.
Capsule's style in albums up to L.D.K. Lounge Designers Killer (2005) was frequently referred to as "neo-Shibuya-kei" due to their stylistic similarities, both aesthetically and musically, to acts from the Shibuya-kei movement of the 1990s, most notably Pizzicato Five. It contained elements of bossa nova, lounge and breakbeat. From Fruits Clipper (2006) on their style was increasingly electro house.
Sakura Sakura
"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. Contrary to popular belief, the song did not originate in ancient times; it was a popular, urban melody of the Edo period and was adopted as a piece for beginning koto students in the Tokyo Academy of Music Collection of Japanese Koto Music issued in 1888 (in English) by the Department of Education. The song has been popular since the Meiji period, and the lyrics in their present form were attached then. It is often sung in international settings as a song representative of Japan, and many electronic crosswalks in Japan play the melody as "guidance music".
In 2007, it was selected for Nihon no Uta Hyakusen, a collection of songs and nursery rhymes widely beloved in Japan.
In early 2010's, Japanese singer Kiyoshi Hikawa performed the second of the 2 verses of Sakura Sakura - the first and only Enka singer to do so.
Podcasts:
Sakura
ALBUMS
- The Bea(s)t Inside released: 2011
- Demo released:
Sakura
ALBUMS
さくら
ALBUMS
- 10th anniversary BEST さくら Selection released: 2007
さくら
ALBUMS
- Maison Ikkoku: Complete Music Box released: 1994
Maison Ikkoku: Complete Music Box
Released 1994- 悲しみよこんにちは
- 春
- 夕暮れ
- 千鳥足
- 夏の雲
- 夏の雲その2
- 冬
- 冬その2
- 悲しみ
- 雨やどり
- 雨やどりその2
- ひとりの夜
- ブリッジその11
- 夢の中
- ブリッジ-K1
- 悲しみよこんにちは(インスト)
- ブリッジ-K2
- お元気ですよ…
- 不気味な気配
- 不気味な気配その2
- 不気味な気配その2B
- もの想い
- もの想い(別テイク)
- ブリッジその1
- 不安な浪人生活
- 印篭のテーマ
- 見上げてごらん夜空の月を
- ブリッジその2
- 響子さん、お手をどうぞ
- 今度も遅刻だ…
- 夢の中の夢
- ブリッジその3
- 不思議な気分
- 楽しいお散歩
- ブリッジ-K3
- あした晴れるか
- ブリッジその6
- 悲しみよこんにちは(インスト2)
- 急げ響子へ
- まぶしい波しぶき
- 四谷の悪ふざけ
- かけ足
- 駆け足その2
- かけ足その3
- 宴会バカ踊り
- 胸騒ぎ
- 響子の気持ちを確かめたくて
- ブリッジその7
- 惣一朗を忘れたくて
- 太陽にこけろ
- 打ち寄せる不安
- シ・ネ・マ
SAKURA
ALBUMS
- Ukulele Love released: 2011
- ゴールデン☆ベスト released: 2011
- REAL LOVE released: 2009
- G.L.M.〜Girl's Life Music〜 released: 2007
- SOUL ESSENCE released: 2006
- SINGS BALLADS released: 2005
- SAKURA SINGS BALLADS -Smooth Side- released: 2005
- Soul Collection released: 2005
- Lana released: 2004
- Your Favorite SAKURA-BEST- released: 2003
- SAKURA×矢野真紀/Act Against AIDS 2002 LIVE IN OSAKA released: 2003
- pua nani released: 2003
- Your favorite SAKURA released: 2003
- The star XVII released: 2002
- 涼季（シシラ） released: 2001
- ROOM508 released: 2000
- daylight released: 2000
- LOVE ON WINGS released: 1999
- Lover Light released: 1998
- SAKURA released: 1995
Ukulele Love
Released 2011- LOVE 4 REAL(Ukulele Love version)
- 君のために(escort by 国文勇)
- If You Love Me
- Life Oh Life
- You're My Love(escort by 野口亮)
- I Love You〜優しく漂う愛のそよ風〜(escort by Bryan Tolentino)
- E Pili Mai(Come to Me)
- だいじょうぶ(Ukulele Love version)
- Lavender Blue Sky(Ukulele Love version)
- 街のあかり(escort by わたなべゆう)
- コエヲキカセテ(Ukulele Voe version)
Your Favorite SAKURA-BEST-
Released 2003- One(Funky Tweak barefoot on the sand version)
- IF YOU LOVE ME
- I believe(single version)
- ONLY FOR YOU
- ラヴ?をばらまこう
- コエヲキカセテ(album version)
- 何を思うんだろう…
- Mama's Love(日立洗濯機「白い約束」('00)書き下ろしCF曲)
- Oh I…(SINGLE VERSION)
- あなたと
- SOUL MATE(acoustic live Funky Tweak sweetend version)
- 君のために
- Someday somehow(未発表曲)
- LOVE 4 REAL(Funky Tweak maji-gire version/ボーナス・トラック)
Your favorite SAKURA
Released 2003- One (Funky Tweak barefoot on the sand version)
- IF YOU LOVE ME
- I believe (single version)
- ONLY FOR YOU
- ラヴをばらまこう
- コエヲキカセテ (album version)
- 何を思うんだろう…
- Mama's Love
- Oh，I… (single version)
- あなたと
- SOUL MATE (acoustic live Funky Tweak sweetend version)
- 君のために
- Someday somehow
- LOVE 4 REAL (Funky Tweak maji-gire version)
サクラ
ALBUMS
- ハーレムエース2 Big Bonus Music released:
Sakura
ALBUMS
- Настоящий волшебный released: 2009
- Письмо-исповедь ответа не требует released: 2007
- Greatest Hits Lo-Fi And D.I.Y. released: 2006
Sakura
ALBUMS
Sakura
ALBUMS
- Sakura Goes Boom Boom released: 1967
Sakura
by: Christian BautistaYou give me hope
The strength the will to keep on
No one else can make me feel this way
And only you
Can bring ou all the best I can do
I believe you turn the tide
And make me feel real good inside
You pushed me up
When I'm about to give up
You're on my side when no one seems to listen
And if you go
You know the tears won't help but show
You'll break this heart and tear it apart
Then suddenly the madness starts
It's your smile, your face, your lips that I miss
Those sweet little eyes
That stare at me and make me say
I'm with you through all the way
'Cause it's you, who fills the emptiness in me
It changes ev'rything, you see
When I know I've got you, with me
You pushed me up
When I'm about to give up
You're on my side
When no one seems to listen
And if you go
You know the tears won't help but show
You'll break this heart and tear it apart
Then suddenly the madness starts
It's your smile, your face, your lips that I miss
Those sweet little eyes
That stare at me and make me say
I'm with you through all the way
'Cause it's you, who fills the emptiness in me
It changes ev'rything, you see
When I know I've got you, with me
It's your smile, your face, your lips that I miss
Those sweet little eyes
That stare at me and make me say
I'm with you through all the way.
'Cause it's you, who fills the emptiness in me
It changes ev'rything, you see
When I know I've got you, with me...
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