Japan's Sakura or cherry blossom season is always eagerly awaited by tourists, but unfortunately the pink blooming phenomenon ...

He made sakura trees available to everyone. This made hanami festivals a time for all to enjoy together. Now, almost every Japanese person enjoys hanami at least once a year. It’s a big part of their ...

The blossoms, "sakura" in Japanese, last only for a few days ... the phenological data for full flowering date of cherry tree (Prunus jamasakura) from many diaries and chronicles written by ...

Weather conditions mean the trees are looking spectacular two weeks earlier than usual Japanese cherry blossom trees at a Gloucestershire park have flowered two weeks earlier than usual ...

According to the Sakura forecast, the cherry blossoms may start flowering as early as March 22 in Fukuoka and last until May ...

The oldest cherry tree is thought to be around 2,000 years old. The Yamataka Jindai Sakura is 10.3m tall and is a Natural Monument of Japan. 6. 'Sakura' is the Japanese word for 'cherry blossom ...

There, around 500 mountain cherry blossom trees line a 1.5-kilometer slope leading to the gate of Shinpukuin temple of the Shingon Buddhism sect. An old traditional Japanese house with a ...

In Japan, you’ll find beautiful varieties of winter sakura trees that bloom from as early as January through to March. If you’re planning on blossom hopping outside of Tokyo, here are some of ...

An Imperial Japanese Navy base was built in Kushira ... hoping to make a row of cherry blossom trees along the roads diverted from the base’s runway. A war memorial for the war dead had been ...