The Second Annual Zen Gardens Hanami!!
Saturday, 9 April at 10:00 p.m. RST, Riley and David Lo will be hosting a hanami in the beautiful roof-top gardens of the Zen Gardens Building to celebrate the beauty of the sakura blossoms. There will be music, provided by DJ Zen, traditional hanami food and drink, and beautiful Geisha will be on hand to entertain the guests.
Monetary donations and donations of personal hygiene products, first aid kits, and medical supplies will be accepted at the door. All donations will be sent to the International Federation of the Red Cross in Japan to help with earthquake and tsunami relief efforts.
"Hanami" is a Japanese traditional party custom of enjoying the beauty of cherry blossoms, known in Japanese as sakura. From mid-January to early May, sakura bloom all over Japan. The blossom forecast is announced each year by the weather bureau, and is watched carefully by those planning hanami as the blossoms only last a week or two. Most parties occur during the day and are traditionally bar-be-ques under the blossoms. Some more exclusive parties occur at night, with paper lanterns lit by candles strung through the boughs of the trees and if the host can afford it, maiko (geisha in training) and geisha serving the guests.
The cherry-blossoming period is so important in most of Japan that it marks the beginning of the scholastic and fiscal years, with welcoming hanami parties. One of the best places in Japan to attend a hanami and enjoy the beauty of sakura is in Kyoto.
http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu69/Hatsu-Hana/sakura_kyoto4.jpg
http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu69/Hatsu-Hana/sakura_kyoto2.jpg
((OOC Note - We'll be taking over the Great Hall chat room for the night; it will serve as the rooftop gardens of the Building. Hope to see all of you there!
This is a purely IC event and as such, no donations are being solicited through Dragon's Mark or the live chat. However, if you do wish to donate something to the Red Cross, please use the link in my signature.))
Saturday, 9 April at 10:00 p.m. RST, Riley and David Lo will be hosting a hanami in the beautiful roof-top gardens of the Zen Gardens Building to celebrate the beauty of the sakura blossoms. There will be music, provided by DJ Zen, traditional hanami food and drink, and beautiful Geisha will be on hand to entertain the guests.
Monetary donations and donations of personal hygiene products, first aid kits, and medical supplies will be accepted at the door. All donations will be sent to the International Federation of the Red Cross in Japan to help with earthquake and tsunami relief efforts.
"Hanami" is a Japanese traditional party custom of enjoying the beauty of cherry blossoms, known in Japanese as sakura. From mid-January to early May, sakura bloom all over Japan. The blossom forecast is announced each year by the weather bureau, and is watched carefully by those planning hanami as the blossoms only last a week or two. Most parties occur during the day and are traditionally bar-be-ques under the blossoms. Some more exclusive parties occur at night, with paper lanterns lit by candles strung through the boughs of the trees and if the host can afford it, maiko (geisha in training) and geisha serving the guests.
The cherry-blossoming period is so important in most of Japan that it marks the beginning of the scholastic and fiscal years, with welcoming hanami parties. One of the best places in Japan to attend a hanami and enjoy the beauty of sakura is in Kyoto.
http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu69/Hatsu-Hana/sakura_kyoto4.jpg
http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu69/Hatsu-Hana/sakura_kyoto2.jpg
((OOC Note - We'll be taking over the Great Hall chat room for the night; it will serve as the rooftop gardens of the Building. Hope to see all of you there!
This is a purely IC event and as such, no donations are being solicited through Dragon's Mark or the live chat. However, if you do wish to donate something to the Red Cross, please use the link in my signature.))