Sakura (disambiguation)

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Sakura (桜 (kanji), 櫻 (old kanji), さくら (hiragana), サクラ (katakana)) is the Japanese term for ornamental cherry blossom trees and their blossoms.

Especially in Japan, Sakura (桜) is special and even there are “ Sakura forecast “ .

Sakura may also refer to:

• Sakura, raw horse meat, usually prepared as sashimi called basashi

Places

• Sakura, Chiba (佐倉市, Sakura-shi), a city in Japan
• Sakura, Tochigi (さくら市, Sakura-shi), a city in Japan formed on March 28, 2005
• Sakura-ku, Saitama (桜区, Sakura-ku), a district in the city of Saitama, Japan
• Sakura Domain (佐倉藩, Sakura han), a Japanese feudal domain located in Shimōsa Province
• Sakura, Setagaya, Tokyo (世田谷区桜, Setagaya-ku Sakura), a place name in Tokyo
• Sakura Square, a plaza in Denver, Colorado

People and characters

• Sakura (name), a Japanese given name (and list of individuals and fictional characters with that name)
• Mansa Sakura (1285–1300), emperor of the Mali empire

Business

• The Sakura Bank, a Japanese bank based in Tokyo and Kobe
• Sakura (train), the name of several different train services in Japan
• Sakura Color Products Corporation, a Japanese pen manufacturer
• Sakura Lounge, the airport lounge of Japan Airlines
• Sakura (cigarette), produced and sold exclusively in Japan, by Japan Tobacco

Film and TV

• Sakura (NHK), a 2002 Japanese TV morning show drama
• Sakura Wars, a Japanese media franchise
• Dragon Zakura, a Japanese manga and a TV drama based on the manga
• Cardcaptor Sakura, a Japanese manga and anime
• Sakura Haruno, a main character in the anime Naruto

Music

• Sakura (musician) (born 1969), Japanese musician whose main instrument is the drums

Ships

• Japanese ship Sakura list of ships named Sakura

See also

• Cherry Blossom (disambiguation)
• Ōka (disambiguation)
• All pages with a title containing sakura