During March 22-25, 2012 in Yurakucho Lumine, they had a giant vase of cherry blossoms from all 47 prefectures. The “plant hunter” gathered all the cherry tree branches and either refrigerated them or heated them to have them all bloom at the same time. The giant vase was written with handwritten messages. Each sakura branch was tagged with the name of the prefecture where it came from. The flowers were at Yurakucho Mullion’s Lumine Passage, a shopping complex. A large crowd constantly surrounded the early sakura.