Unique Japan

If you’ve ever had the chance to watch Sakura fall from their lofty perch and flutter down to the roadside, then you know how messy these cherry blossoms can be. Once loose in the air, the petals get carried this way and that, and if you’re lucky they might even land in your hand. People of all ages play the simple game of “Catch the falling blossom”. Perhaps it is this child-like fun of collecting items out of the thin air that has caused Sakura to show up in almost every corner of Japan.

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Usher in spring with a beautiful woodblock print by Hirokazu Fukuda (1944-2004), and save up to 35% until April 6th.

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Back on December 23rd 2008, McDonald’s Japan released a brand new burger called the Quarter Pounder. This was McDonald’s first attempt to create a true burger. It had two and a half times more meat than its other more petite McBurgers. By the time they started selling the Quarter Pounders at 10 o’clock in the morning, thousands of people were lined up outside, eager to be knocked out by the extra juicy heavyweight. On that day McDonald’s recorded its highest single day sales in its history. So what was McDonald’s victory secret?

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Of the three flowers pictured, can you tell which one is a Sakura (cherry) blossom, which one is a plum, and which one is a peach flower? They all have pink petals, stamens bunched tightly together, and yes, they all blossom in the spring.

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