Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2012

Herald the arrival of the pretty pink and white flowers that make your heart melt into sweetness by transporting that pink-tinged saccharine feeling into your quotidian diet. Seescore, a company that deals in a variety of herb and spice concoctions, jams, cookies and other wholesome products, has produced Sakura no Osato, aka sakura sugar, made of granulated sugar mixed up with the dried petals and leaves of the holy tree. Sprinkle it on your toast or cereal, make sakura tea or cider, and generally impart a springlike sugar rush to your world. ¥683, available from www.seescore.co.jp.