Editing Cherry Blossom Festival

{{Infobox Event
| image    = [[File:PG Cherry Blossom Festival.png|250px]]
| caption  =
| occurs   = [[April]] {{Date|1}} — {{Date|7}}
| time     = All day
| host     = [[Tortimer]]
| ja-name = おはなみ
| zhq-name = 赏花会
}}
The '''Cherry Blossom Festival''' (also known as the '''Cherry Festival'''){{Note|In the [[diary]] in {{PG|nolink}}.}} is an [[event]] in every [[First generation|first-generation ''Animal Crossing'' game]]. Leading up to and following the event, [[tree]]s turn pink and cherry blossom petals fall from the sky. From [[April]] 5 to 7, a festival is held at the wishing well. Although the festival only appears in the first-generation games, the pink trees and falling cherry blossom petals still appear in all subsequent games in early April (October in the southern hemisphere in {{NH}}). 

==Appearances==
===In {{PG|nolink}}===
In every [[First generation|first-generation ''Animal Crossing'' game]], all regular and fruit trees bloom pink beginning on April 1, and cherry blossom petals fall from the sky beginning on April 5; both last until April 8. The Cherry Blossom Festival itself takes place from April 5 to April 7, where villagers gather around the [[wishing well]] to celebrate around tables (tatami mats in {{DnM}} and {{DnM+}}) full of food, and beginning in {{DnM+|nolink}}, Tortimer appears and gives the player a {{I|pink tree model|PG}} when spoken to.

When the town's weather is that of cherry blossom leaves falling, the town's hourly music will use slightly different variants, similar to when it is snowing. During the Cherry Blossom Festival itself, a celebratory theme will play. The theme used in {{DnM}} and {{DnM+}} was changed from a traditional Japanese theme to a more erratic waltz-like track for {{PG|nolink}}, which was kept in {{DnMe+}}. The original theme was remixed into the [[List of K.K. Slider songs|K.K. Slider song]] "[[Spring Blossoms]]" beginning in {{DnMe+|nolink}}.

===In other games===
In subsequent games, the festival is not specifically celebrated, but the town's tree leaves (except for cedar trees) will be replaced with pink cherry blossom petals in early April. In {{WW|short}}, this lasts until the end of the [[Flower Fest]] on the second Monday of the month. In {{CF|short}}, this takes place from April 1 to April 8, while it takes place during the first ten days of April in the [[Hemisphere|Nothern Hemisphere]] or [[October]] in the [[Hemisphere|Southern Hemisphere]] in {{NL|short}} and {{NH|short}}.

Additionally, in {{NL|short|nolink}}, the [[Town Tree]]'s leaves will turn pink, with pink petals blowing across the town, and for the first time in the series, every fruit tree will be devoid of cherry blossom petals, their leaves remaining green.

In {{NH|short|nolink}}, {{I|cherry-blossom petal|NH}}s can be found floating around town; like [[snowflake]]s in {{NL|short|nolink}}, they can be caught with a net, and like most materials in {{NH|short|nolink}} can be stacked within a single slot (with up to ten petals being stackable at once). Using DIY recipes obtained from [[Balloon (floating)|balloon]] presents, the player can use petals as materials to craft [[Cherry Blossoms Series]] items. 

In the nothern hemisphere, if the cherry blossom bloom overlaps with [[Bunny Day]] and the day leadup to it (such as during the game's launch year of 2020 when Bunny Day lasted from April 1 to April 12), [[DIY recipes/Bunny Day|Bunny Day DIY recipes]] will coincide with [[DIY recipes/Spring|cherry blossom DIY recipes]].
In the southern hemishpere, the cherry blossom bloom overlaps with [[Halloween]], therefore, the [[DIY recipes/Halloween|Halloween DIY recipes]] will coincide with [[DIY recipes/Spring|cherry blossom DIY recipes]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
DnM Cherry Blossom Festival.gif|{{DnM}}
DnM+ Cherry Blossom Festival.jpg|{{DnM+}}
PG Cherry Blossom Festival.png|{{PG}}
WW Interface.png|{{WW}}
CF Cherry Blossom Season.jpg|{{CF}}
NL Cherry Blossom 1.jpg|{{NL}}
NL Cherry Blossom 2.jpg|{{NL|nolink}}
NL Cherry Blossom 3.jpg|{{NL|nolink}}
NH Cherry Blossom.jpg|{{NH}}
</gallery>

==Notes==
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