An approachable, beautiful, and useful book for the casual spring lover or the dedicated sakura viewer.

Sakura of New York is a comprehensive guide to and showcase of New York City’s cherry blossoms. New York is often left out when talking about sakura destinations in the United States, but Sakura of New York proves just how much spring beauty New York has to offer.The book details the cultural origins of cherries and how they came to arrive in the global West, while also highlighting several of the best of New York’s flowering cherries through original documentary photography.

The cover of Sakura of New York features a Yoshino cherry with the book's title overlayed on top. The tree has thin branches with small white flowers and pink buds. The title of the book is in a serif typeface in white.
A two-page spread detailing the history of sakura in Japan, including traditional Japanese artwork featuring sakura and a Kamikaze jet with a sakura emblem on it.
A two-page spread about the three variations of cherries most common in New York: Okames, Yoshinos, and Kanzans.
This spread, which opens the Brooklyn Botanical Garden's section, contains information about the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, as well as a photo of weeping cherry trees in their Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden.

Sakura of New York is a two-part book, starting with some history about cherry blossoms in Japan, as well as how they came to arrive in the United States.

The book’s second part contains photography features of some of the best locations in New York to view sakura. Locations include Sakura Park, Riverside Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Central Park, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

A photograph of the fountain atop cherry hill in Central Park takes up a full two pages in this spread.
This spread features two images of the fluffy pink blossoms of Kanzan cherry trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

All photographs in Sakura of New York were taken by me unless otherwise indicated.

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