Japan in 710 - 794 (Nara Period)

Japan Hanami Festival (花見)

This is the Cherry Blossom Viewing Festival, popular among Japanese aristocratic families

In mid-March the weather is chilly around 8 degrees Celsius, The cherry blossoms are giving off a fragrant scent

Akimitsu Maito is the new Emperor standing under a cherry blossom tree relaxing after a meeting on state affairs

He is paying attention to you, a young girl in progress trying to catch falling cherry blossom petals