While some people may try to find socially distant ways of enjoying cherry blossoms this year, the pandemic has put the kibosh on the typically crowded hanami (flower-viewing, often while picnicking under the cherry blossoms).
Online Cherry Blossom Broadcast: March 27
But thankfully, technology now provides the means to enjoy hanami virtually.
On Saturday, Drone Entertainment Inc will hold an "Online Cherry Blossom Viewing" event on YouTube, which can be enjoyed anywhere in the world. The broadcast will weave together 4K aerial footage from the Cherry Blossom Drone Project 2020, which was featured on Japanese TV last year and became a hot topic on social media, and expertly-piloted live 4K drone views of this year's cherry blossoms.
In fact, it's already started! In preparation for March 27, the company has begun a 1,000 hours continuous live streaming of hanami videos from all over Japan, featuring beautiful images of cherry blossoms shot in 2020 at 50 locations in 40 prefectures with the cooperation of many local governments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G81kdNznvu4
Source: https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/sakura-drone-project-provides-free-sakura-backgrounds-virtual-hanami-and-more
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