I sometimes think cherry blossoms have influenced Japanese culture in a profound way. This idea that “nothing lasts for ever” is so ingrained in the culture and I wonder if it stems directly from cherry blossoms. Even the way people look at death...they seem to accept it even from an early age.

I think it’s a feeling that’s been capitalized on in modern days with the prevalence of special edition stuff (different hamburger at McDonald’s almost every week for example) where as in other countries we’d probably be annoyed if a special edition lasted so short.

Anyway that’s a nice story, didn’t mean to bring up McDonald’s hahha