If one should ask you concerning the spirit of a true Japanese, point to the wild cherry blossom shining in the sun.

Variant translation: If one should enquire of you concerning the spirit of a true Japanese, point to the wild cherry blossom shining in the sun.

As quoted in: Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and Others (1891), p. 79

Motoori Norinaga Quotes

If one should ask you concerning the spirit of a true Japanese, point to the wild cherry blossom shining in the sun.

If one should ask you concerning the spirit of a true Japanese, point to the wild cherry blossom shining in the sun.

If one should ask you concerning the spirit of a true Japanese, point to the wild cherry blossom shining in the sun.

If one should ask you concerning the spirit of a true Japanese, point to the wild cherry blossom shining in the sun.