Byodo-in Hoo-do 平等院鳳凰堂 Kyoto Travel Guide142 views   6 likes   0 dislikes   Channel: Mcguyver’s Adventures   The practice of hanami is many centuries old. The custom is said to have started during the Nara period (710–794 AD) when it was a flower called "oohmeh" blossoms that people admired in the beginning. But by the Heian period (794–1185 AD), sakura came to attract more attention and hanami was synonymous...