185+ Inspiring Cherry Blossom Quotes and Captions for Instagram
Do you need some inspiration for your cherry blossom posts? Well, you’ve come to the right place!
While I have yet to go to Japan to see the epic cherry blossoms in bloom, I do try to get out locally to see these gorgeous flowers.
But once you have taken the perfect Instagrammable photo, you will also need an equally awesome caption to go with it.
We have put together a list of some of the best cherry blossom quotes and captions for Instagram that will help you showcase the beauty of this magical season.
From poetic verses to witty one-liners, we’ve got you covered. We have even thrown in some hashtags in case you are stumped for ideas.
🌸 Inspiring Cherry Blossom Quotes and Captions for Instagram
Now that spring is here, it means cherry blossom season is in full bloom!
As the cherry trees begin to shower us with their beautiful pink and white petals, it’s time to dust off your camera and start capturing those Instagram-worthy moments.
🌸 Cherry Blossom Quotes for Instagram
1. “Cherry blossom, I can’t let you go, I’m not an expert but I know you’re like gold, you pop up, shine bright, then you hit the road.” – Jon Vinyl
2. “Cherry blossom is falling, Cherry blossom is on its way out, Hear a new word is calling, It hears me too and it wants me to shout it out.” — Nitzer Ebb
3. “Cherry blossom cherry blossom It’s the air that we breathe How have we forgotten what it means to be” — Haelos
4. “If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.” — Audra Foveo
5. “The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.” – Matsuo Basho
6. “Yes, the cherry trees put this truth very plainly: none of the glory of blossoms and autumn leaves lasts long in this fleeting world.” — Murasaki Shikibu
🌸 Cherry Blossom Captions for Instagram
7. Hello again, cherry blossom!
8. One with cherry blossoms.
9. Kiss me under the cherry blossoms.
10. You, me and a cherry blossom tree.
11. Hello Sakura!
12. Bloom baby, bloom.
13. I’ve been waiting for you all winter.
14. Cherry blossom dreamin’.
15. Spring Blossoms.
16. Dressed in pink.
17. Blossoms are in the air.
18. Here come the blossoms.
19. Cherry blossoms in the air.
20. Stunning Sakura.
21. Sweet like Sakura.
22. Sakura is in the air.
23. Sakura is calling my name!
24. Look on the pink side of life.
25. This year may have been hard but the flowers still bloom.
26. Honey bees and flowers, please.
27. Welcome blossom!
28. Stopping to smell the cherry blossoms.
29. Spring is proof that change can be beautiful.
30. Let your dreams blossom.
31. Spring is here to say hello.
32. It’s raining pink and white petals.
33. Stop and smell the cherry blossoms.
34. Filled with pink flowers and blue skies.
35. Can I take one of these cherry blossom trees home with me?
🌸 Positive Cherry Blossom Quotes
36. “Since ancient times, the Japanese have heralded the arrival of the cherry blossoms because they symbolize the ephemeral beauty of life.” – Victoria Abbott Riccardi
37. “Oh, the wonder of it! The outrageous beauty! God didn’t have to give us cherry blossoms you know.” – Lynn Austin
38. “Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.” – Matsuo Basho
39. “It is true, as they say, that the blossoms of spring are all the more precious because they bloom so briefly.” – Murasaki Shikibu
40. “I bloomed up all over again despite knowing, cherry blossoms are only meant to wither.” – Eayra
41. “When the mind is really absent, in that silence, in that unlimited space, your potential starts glowing, radiating, flowering. Suddenly you are full of cherry blossoms, a new presence, a new fragrance.” – Rajneesh
42. “All around us the blossoms flurry down whispering, be patient you have an ancient beauty.” – Toi Derricotte
43. “The notion is called wabi-sabi life, like the cherry blossom, it is beautiful because of its impermanence, not in spite of it, more exquisite for the inevitability of loss.” — Peggy Orenstein
🌸 Meaningful Cherry Blossom Quotes About Life
44. “Let us find inner freedom in each lucky moment that we encounter, like a sun-basking butterfly that finds peace on a cherry blossom petal.” — Erik Pevernagie
45. “Yes, the cherry trees put this truth very plainly: none of the glory of blossoms and autumn leaves lasts long in this fleeting world.” — Murasaki Shikibu
46. “A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it just blooms.” — Matshona Dhliwayo
47. “If there were no, cherry blossoms, in this world, how much more tranquil our hearts would be in spring.” — Ariwara no Narihira
48. “I have a pretty good memory, but memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and then they fade and die.” — Ruth Ozeki
49. “What a strange thing! To be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” — Kobayashi Issa
50. “I recall the months and years I spent as the intimate of someone whose affections have now faded like cherry blossoms scattering even before a wind blew.” — Yoshida Kenko
51. “The Japanese school year begins in spring. So mothers can send off their children as cherry blossoms fall from the branches.” — Cathy Davidson
52. “Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom”. — Matsuo Basho
53. “And so the spring buds burst, and so I gaze, and so the blossoms fall, and so my days.” — Onitsura
54. “Cherry blossoms are explored as symbols in Japanese art and artifacts and in images of Japonism found in Western art.” – Ann McClellan
55. “I was for a while troubled with the haunting fear that if I handled the flower freely its bloom would fade—the sweet charm of freshness would leave it. I did not know then that it was no transitory blossom, but rather the radiant resemblance of one, cut in an indestructible gem.” — Charlotte Brontë
56. “Sad bright eyes are cherry blossoms your true love will never wake up.” – Communique
57. “White cherry blossom behold the joy of spring, As white cherry blossom blooms, For it will be over soon.” — Christopher Tye
58. “Look at the cherry blossoms! Their colour and scent fall with them and are gone forever, yet mindless. The spring comes again.” – Ikkyu Sojun
59. “The work of preservation demands that the feelings playing about in one’s guts not be turned into action. Just watch their passing like cherry blossoms.” – Maxine Hong Kingston
60. “It is springtime now! While the world looks for a new war to fight, you look for a cherry blossom to watch! Let the stupid seeks the violence; you seek the elegance!” – Mehmet Murat İldan
61. “I wouldn’t mind if life left me… wingless burnt to cinders ripped by storms scattered…like weeds celestially wounded without cherry blossoms to perish with but I would cry with head held in my hands if it left me…unfulfilled.” — Sanober Khan
62. “The first time I saw a fingerbowl was at the home of my benefactress. … The water had a few cherry blossoms in it, and I thought it must be some clear sort of Japanese after-dinner soup and ate every bit of it, including the crisp little blossoms.” — Sylvia Plath
🌸 Cherry Blossom Tree Quotes
63. “It would be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry tree all white with bloom in the moonshine.” – Lucy Maud Montgomery
64. “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough.” – A. E. Housman
65. “From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.” – Matsuo Basho
66. “Only in dreams of spring shall I ever see again the flowering of my cherry trees.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett
67. “I’d like to divide myself in order to see, among these mountains, each and every flower of every cherry tree.” – Saigyō
68. “Come see the cherry trees of a water constellation and the round key of the rapid universe, come touch the fire of instantaneous blue, come before its petals are consumed.” — Pablo Neruda
69. “Cherry blossoms on the tree; their scent of sweetness is divine.” – Linda Winchell
70. “Yes, the cherry trees put this truth very plainly: none of the glory of blossoms and autumn leaves lasts long in this fleeting world.” – Murasaki Shikibu
71. “We celebrate the cherry tree not for its efficiency but for its effectiveness – and for its beauty. Its materials are in constant flow, and all those thousands of useless cherry blossoms look gorgeous. Then they fall to the ground and become soil again, so there’s no problem.” – William McDonough
72. “Break open A cherry tree And there are no flowers, But the spring breeze Brings forth myriad blossoms.” — Ikkyu Sojun
73. “The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It’s a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short.” – Homaro Cantu
74. “A cherry tree was coming into bloom, shooting out a froth of sugar-pink blossoms. She could see from its size and the gnarled branches that it was a mature tree, yet still capable of putting on such a wonderful show. A new beginning every spring, even from an old tree.” – Maggie Alderson
75. “I will bring you flowers from the mountains, bluebells, dark hazels, and rustic baskets of kisses. I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.” — Pablo Neruda
76. “The cherry blossom tree is truly a sight to behold, especially when it is in full riotous bloom. There are several varieties of the cherry blossom tree, and while most of them produce flowering branches full of small pinkish-hued flowers, some of them produce actual cherries.” – Homaro Cantu
77. “Suddenly she was seeing the buds on the cherry trees around her; she could feel the energy packed within them, a bouquet of fireworks whose fuse had already been lit. She could smell them, too, a subtle essence of pink and lollipops, the sweetness deepened by the scent of the slowly warming earth below them.” — Erica Bauermeister
78. “She holds the acceptance letter in her hand; the sweet smell of the bird cherry tree wafts in through the open kitchen window. Her mother’s apron is covered in black and purple flowers. Maya shuts her eyes, breathes in the spicy aroma of bird cherry blossoms.” — Anne Østby
🌸 Famous Cherry Blossom Quotes
79. “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.” — Buddha
80. “And so the spring buds burst, and so I gaze, And so the blossoms fall, and so my days …” — Onitsura
81. “A flower blossoms for its own joy.” — Oscar Wilde
82. “Scatter layer by layer, eight-layered cherry blossoms.” – Masaoka Shiki
83. “In the cherry blossom’s shade there’s no such thing as a stranger.” – Kobayashi Issa
84. “Flowers whisper ‘Beauty!’ to the world, even as they fade, wilt, fall.” — Dr. SunWolf
85. “Double cherry blossoms flutter in the wind, one petal after another.” – Masaoka Shiki
86. “Everything blooms in its own time.” – Ken Petti
87. “There is much to be said for cherry blossoms, but they seem so flighty. They are so quick to run off and leave you.” – Murasaki Shikibu
🌸 Sakura Flower Quotes
88. “I’ll be like a Sakura Tree branching out to touch everybody’s soul and their inner sense of beauty.” — Haruhi
89. “From heaven, it descends like, sakura petals drop.” – Issa Kobayashi
90. “Sakura, sakura they fall in the dreams of sleeping beauty.” — Yosa Buson
91. “The ornamental cherry trees’ blossoms called sakura, are as closely associated with the image of Japan held by the rest of the world as is Mount Fuji.” – Ann McClellan
92. “Due to their short bloom time, Sakura blossoms are a metaphor for life itself: beautiful yet fleeting. You’ll realize when you’re as old as me to hang on to the good times because they won’t last forever.” — Shannon M Mullen
93. “Like any great and good country, Japan has a culture of gathering- weddings, holidays, seasonal celebrations- with food at the core. In the fall, harvest celebrations mark the changing of the guard with roasted chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and skewers of grilled ginkgo nuts. As the cherry blossoms bloom, festive picnics called hanami usher in the spring with elaborate spreads of miso salmon, mountain vegetables, colourful bento, and fresh mochi turned pink with sakura petals.” — Matt Goulding
🌸 Short Cherry Blossom Quotes
94. “Stopping to smell the cherry blossoms.”
95. “Let your dreams bloom like cherry blossoms.” — Intrepid Scout
96. “Spring is here to say hello.’
97. “Cherry blossoms in the air.”
98. “You can crush the flowers, But you can’t stop the spring.”
99. “I want to do with you what the spring does with the cherry trees.” — Pablo Neruda
100. “Pink flowers and blue skies.”
101. “How many, many things they call to mind these cherry-blossoms!” — Bashō Matsuo
102. “Hello again cherry blossom!”
103. “Soldiers falling fast, Battle of white and scarlet, Blossoms on the ground.” — David Kudler
104. “Stop and smell the cherry blossoms.”
105. “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough.” — Alfred Housman
🌸 Beautiful Cherry Blossom Quotes
106. “As you scatter and leave, we’ll wait for your return. In next year’s spring, a life that is renewed.” — Akiko Ichimaru
107. “Elsewhere the single-petalled cherry blossoms fell, the doubles faded, mountain cherries bloomed, and the wisteria coloured.” — Murasaki Shikibu
108. “The ancients waited for cherry blossoms, grieved when they were gone, and lamented their passing in countless poems. How very ordinary the poems had seemed to Sachiko when she read them as a girl, but now she knew, as well as one could know, that grieving over fallen cherry blossoms was more than a fad or convention.” — Junichiro Tanizaki
109. “For in spite of the snapdragons and the duty millers and the cherry blossoms, it was always winter.” — Janet Frame
110. “The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.” — Honore de Balzac
111. “Along the wide curving moat surrounding the palace, rows of cherry trees announced the end of their seasonal beauty. Some of the trees were weeping: blossoms in white and palest pink, ponderous with decrepitude, eddying on the brown water, stirred by the paddling of ducks.” – John Burnham Schwartz
112. “These blooming blossom trees with pink flowering branches are a sight to behold and fill hearts with joy.” — Unknown
113. “One of the legends suggesting why the cherry trees’ blossoms are so exquisite and ephemeral says that the fairy Ko-no-Hana-Sakuya-hime, the ‘maiden who causes trees to bloom,’ hovers low in the spring sky, awakening the sleeping trees with her delicate breath.” – Ann McClellan
🌸 Japanese Cherry Blossom Quotes
114. “If I were asked to explain the Japanese spirit, I would say it is wild cherry blossoms glowing in the morning sun.” — Motoori Norinaga
115. “The cherry blossom season was over, but two of His Excellency’s trees must have consented to wait, for they were in late and glorious bloom.” — Murasaki Shikibu
116. “As I caress the pink cherry blossom of the tree which has been keeping me for one-third of a century safe.” — Nobody Nose
117. “If I were asked to explain the Japanese spirit, I would say it is wild cherry blossoms glowing in the morning sun!” – Motoori Norinaga
118. “Donated by Japan, cherry blossoms grace the paths where a wall once stood in Berlin. Walls divide. Flowers unite.” — Khang Kijarro Nguyen
119. “The cherry blossoms have a spiritual meaning for the Japanese people.” – Ann McClellan
120. “Looking about I see no cherry blossoms, And no crimson leaves, A straw-thatched hut by a bay, In the autumn dusk.” — Fujiwara no Teika
121. “Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless? To long for the moon while looking at the rain, to lower the blinds and be unaware of the passing of the spring – these are even more deeply moving. Branches about to blossom or gardens strewn with flowers are worthier of our admiration.” — Yoshida Kenkō
122. “And meanwhile, meanwhile’s far from nothing: the humming moment, the rustle of cherry trees.” — Rachel Wetzsteon
123. “On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while sitting at our ease, we bring forth the wine cups.” — Yoshida Kenko
🌸 Funny Cherry Blossom Puns
124. I like big blooms and I cannot lie.
125. This is just the cherry on top.
126. You’re cherry sweet.
127. You grow, girl.
128. Girls just wanna have sun.
129. Ok, bloomer.
130. Put the petal to the metal.
131. She’s my cherry blossom.
132. I love you cherry much.
133. Talk dirt to me.
134. Seed you later.
135. Having a cherry good time.
136. Blooming is in the eye of the beholder.
137. Spring it on.
138. Cherry blossom season puts a little spring in my step.
139. All for one, and one flor–al.
140. There’s never too much of a good spring.
141. Anyone know how cherry blossoms whistle? Through their tulips.
142. What happens to a cherry tree when it grows up? It blossoms.
143. Last, bud not least.
🌸 Inspirational Cherry Blossom Quotes
144. “Earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
145. “Light as feathers, as fleeting as Zephyr, one moment they breathed pink, the next they faded. Cherry blossoms were as much an inspiration for beautiful verse as they were a reminder of life’s fickleness, she thought.” — Alice Poon
146. “But it isn’t just the three or four days of open flowers that stirs the senses. It is their arrival and departure. Looking at a bud about to burst open offers the pleasurable anticipation of rebirth, while the soft scattering of petals on the ground is often considered the most beautiful stage of all because it represents the death of the flowers.” — Victoria Abbott Riccardi
147. “When an incidental colour or a random fragrance takes possession of our imagination, we can unexpectedly blossom into a new entity as it gives us wings and enlightens our horizon, just like canary birds that feel stimulated and start singing as soon as they sense the radiance of the sun through the reflection of the skylight.” — Erik Pevernagie
148. “Every spring, like clockwork, cherry blossoms burst forth across Japan, covering the country in a soft pink snow.” — Rebecca Milner
149. “Cherry blossoms are like snowflakes – each one is unique and beautiful in its own way.” — Unknown
150. “The cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It’s a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short.” — Homaro Cantu
151. “Cherry blossoms – the fleeting beauty of nature – have long been a symbol of mortality in Japanese culture.” — Joji Sakurai
152. “The cherry blossom is a symbol of elegance and simple beauty, and yet it has such a complex history in Japan.” — Terri Windling
153. “Cherry blossoms are a proud reminder of what we are capable of doing when we work together. They are a living symbol of unity.” — Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
154. “The most beautiful flowers are those that grow in adversity, and the cherry blossom tree is a prime example.” — Matshona Dhliwayo
155. “Cherry blossoms are a symbol of hope and renewal, reminding us that life is both precious and fleeting.” — Unknown
156. “I must have flowers, always and always.” — Claude Monet
157. “So cross me cherry blossom tree For you have witnessed it all You’ve seen the world change suddenly At its height and at its fall.” — Imaginary Cities
158. “One day we strolled down the Philosopher’s Path, which proved as enchanting as I had hoped in the fragrant pink bloom of spring. Since ancient times, the Japanese have heralded the arrival of the cherry blossoms because they symbolize the ephemeral beauty of life.” — Victoria Abbott Riccardi
159. “They hung in huge clusters from the black austerity of the branches like a mass of white seashells spread over a reef. The evening wind made the curtains billow along the path, and when it caught the tips of the branches, they bent gracefully in a rustle of blossoms. Then the great, widespread branches themselves began to sway with an easy grandeur under their weight of white. The pallor of the flowers was tinged here and there by pink clusters of buds. And with almost invisible subtlety, the star-shaped centre of each blossom was marked with pink in tiny, sharp strokes, like the stitches holding a button in place.” — Yukio Mishima
160. “Spring is the season of cherry blossoms. It is the time of year when the air is filled with a sweet fragrance, and the trees are dressed in their finest colours.” — Unknown
161. “It looks like rain in Cherry Blossom Lane The sunshine of your smile’s no longer there It looks like rain in Cherry Blossom Lane Your golden voice no longer fills the air.” — Guy Lombardo
162. “I’ve seen spring come to the orchard every year as far back as I can remember and I’ve never grown tired of it. Oh, the wonder of it! The outrageous beauty! God didn’t have to give us cherry blossoms you know. He didn’t have to make apple trees and peach trees burst into flower and fragrance. But God just loves to splurge. He gives us all this magnificence and then if that isn’t enough, He provides fruit from such extravagance.” — Lynn Austin
🌸 Cherry Blossom Quotes About Love
163. “Darling, you’re the beauty of a hummingbird and the standstill of a cherry blossom.” — Cheyenne Raine
“Cherry blossoms in the breeze, reminding me of all my romantic dreams.” — Unknown
164. “To the one I love Cherry blossom girl.”
165. “In the cherry blossom’s shade, I’ll be waiting for you.” — Unknown
166. “Love is like cherry blossoms. You won’t find it every time, everywhere. Wait for its season to come and you won’t be long in despair.” – Moushami Suryavanshi
167. “Cherry blossoms are a perfect symbol of the beauty and fragility of love.” — Unknown
168. “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” — John Lennon
169. “Like cherry blossoms, love is beautiful but fleeting.” — Unknown
170. “On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at our ease, we bring forth the wine cups.” – Yoshida Kenko
171. “The cherry blossoms are a symbol of love, reminding us to cherish every moment.” — Unknown
172. “The fragrant fallen blossoms have passed me by, I closed my eyes for a moment and thought of you.” — Denis J Ryan Harman
173. “Under the cherry blossoms, I dream of you.” — Unknown
174. “Flowers enshrine my heart between their petals; that’s why my heartbeats love them so much.” – Munia Khan
175. “The soft pink petals of the cherry blossom are a reminder of the delicate nature of love.” — Unknown
176. “I need you like a blossom needs rain, like the winter ground needs spring to soothe my parched soul.” — Solange Nicole
177. “Love is like a cherry blossom – beautiful, delicate, and fleeting.” — Unknown
178. “A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and a man cannot live without love.” — Max Muller
179. “Cherry blossoms are the perfect backdrop for a love story.” — Unknown
180. “Love is like cherry blossoms. They bloom at the first promise of spring. They beautify even the grayest landscape, they scatter at the first gust of wind. But as they hold, when you look at them, you steal a little view of paradise.” – Georgia Kakalopoulou
181. “In the spring, when the cherry blossoms bloom, my heart is filled with love for you.” — Unknown
182. “I will bring you flowers from the mountains, bluebells, dark hazels, and rustic baskets of kisses. I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.” — Pablo Neruda
183. “My love for you blossoms like the Spring.”
184. “I feel as though as I touch those cherry-blossom petals Cup the budding cherry flowers in my hands I am slowly, yet lovingly stroking Brigid’s silky pretty face.” — Nobody Nose
185. “Walking hand in hand under the cherry blossom trees, I knew I had found the love of my life.” — Unknown
186. “Outside it’s a perfect spring night. We stand on the sidewalk in front of our apartment building, and Henry takes my hand, and I look at him, and I raise our joined hands and Henry twirls me around and soon we’re dancing down Belle Plaine Avenue, no music but the sound of cars whooshing by and our own laughter, and the smell of cherry blossoms that fall like snow on the sidewalk as we dance underneath the trees.” — Audrey Niffenegger
187. “The beauty of the cherry blossoms reminds me of your beauty, my love, and I feel grateful to have you in my life.” — Unknown
🌸 Cherry Blossom Hashtags for Instagram
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🌸 Final Thoughts on the Best Cherry Blossom Quotes and Captions for Instagram
And there you have it – a roundup of some of the best cherry blossom quotes and captions for Instagram that will elevate your feed this spring season. Whether you’re looking for something poetic, inspiring, or simply fun and witty, we hope our list has inspired you to get creative with your posts.
Remember, capturing the beauty of cherry blossoms is more than just taking a photo – it’s about sharing the magic of this season with your friends and followers. So go ahead, pick your favourite quote or caption, and share the joy of spring with the world. Happy Instagramming!
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