Sakura (disambiguation)

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.

Sakura (桜) is special in Japan and there are even “Sakura forecasts“.

Sakura may also refer to:

• Sakura, raw horse meat, usually prepared as sashimi called basashi
• Sakura catalog, a Japanese stamp catalog illustrated in colors

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
• The Tokyo Sakura Tram (officially Toden Arakawa Line) is a tram service in Tokyo, 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

Sport

• Sakura, a common nickname for Japanese Women's national sports teams:
  • Japan women's national field hockey team
  • Japan women's national rugby union team

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 manga and anime series Naruto

Music

• Sakura (musician) (born 1969), Japanese musician whose main instrument is the drums
• Sakura, a 1998 album by Southern All Stars
• Sakura (album), 1999 electronic album by Susumu Yokota
• Sakura-Variationen, a trio by Helmut Lachenmann (2000)

Songs

• "Sakura Sakura", a traditional Japanese song
• "Sakura" (Ikimono-gakari song), a 2006 song by Ikimono-gakari
• "Sakura", a song by Naotarō Moriyama
• "Sakura", a song by Ketsumeishi
• "Sakura", a song by Nirgilis used in the anime Eureka Seven
• "Sakura" (Capsule song), a 2001 song by Japanese group Capsule
• "Sakura" (Ayaka song), a 2018 song by Ayaka

Ships

• Japanese ship Sakura list of ships named Sakura

See also

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