2022 Japan Cherry Blossom 7-pc Set BU

Japan’s 2022 Cherry Blossom Set Is Ready To Bloom In Your Collection

Each spring, Japan celebrates its cherry blossom viewing festival. Known as Sakura, it’s a time of white-and-pink cherry blossoms bursting all across the county and covering the ground underneath the trees like a layer of snow. This is an incredibly important part of Japanese culture, and dates back nearly 1,000 years. The festival takes place all over Japan, with more than 1,000 locations hosting celebrations. People across Japan celebrated the peak cherry blossom viewing season this year without COVID-19 restrictions in place for the first time in two years! At many of these locations, visitors can secure special Cherry Blossom Viewing coin sets from the Japan Mint—and now we’re making these sets available to collectors while supplies last!

Cherry Blossoms In Japanese Culture

The significance for Japan’s reverent devotion to cherry blossoms goes back several centuries. For the Japanese people, cherry blossoms represent the fragility of life—a poignant reminder that life, while very beautiful, is also tragically short. These sets contain the six circulating Japanese coins ranging in denomination from 1-Yen aluminum coin all the way up to the 500 Yen nickel-brass coin. A key feature for these sets is that they are the first to feature the new design of the 500-yen coin, which also features new anti-counterfeiting technologies and materials. Plus, each set also contains a pure silver medal that features a one-year-only reverse. This year’s design features a tiger to mark 2022 being the Year of the Tiger. Each set will come sealed in an acrylic holder with a colorful inset depicting vibrant images of Japan’s cherry trees in bloom.

These sets are incredibly difficult to obtain outside of Japan. While 45,000 sets were authorized to be minted, only 1,454 sets have been allocated for release in foreign markets. Once they’re gone, they’re gone for good! Here’s your chance to obtain the 2022 Japan Cherry Blossom Coin Set. It’s a fantastic addition to your collection of foreign coins!