WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Commentary By Hank F. Miller Jr.
Editors Note: For six years Hank wrote a column for CNBNews \”When East Meets West\”.
He passed away in August 2012 at the age of 75
Japan is presently on the highest level of alert now—Code Pink. I\’m referring to the cherry blossom alert, of course as the blushing blossoms carpet Japan with pink all the way up the archipelago from Kyushu to Hokkaido.
Full pink alert is when,the cherry blossom are in their fullest bloom,the cherry blossom report is broadcasts on the nightly news alongside the weather report.Cherry blossoms first bloom in Kyushu and make their way slowly northeast up the archipelago till they reach Tokyo and than Hokkaido,finally the blossoms reach there in May.
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