Its beauty is a powerful symbolism in Japan. It enjoys prominent use in Japanese art which has made it an icon of cultural identity for the country.
Sakura is the Japanese term for flowering cherry trees — Prunus serrulata — that produce beautiful cherry blossoms for a short time each spring.
Here is a sakura inspired Japanese egg art by a prominent egg curver.
The next images will show the painstaking transition from an ostrich egg to a wonderful sakura egg art...
See more of his egg art