The peak bloom date, "defined as the day when 70% of the Yoshino Cherry blossoms are open," is expected to fall March 23 to March 26 this year, according to the park service. About 3,800 cherry ...

Beautiful blooms and sweeping canopies make the Yoshino cherry tree, also known as the Prunus × yedoensis, the star of any ...

Check the forecast here to find when Japan’s famous cherry trees are expected to bloom. On January 9 ... makes its predictions based on somei-yoshino cherry trees at some 1,000 viewing spots ...

Out of all the places in Japan to see cherry blossoms, the town of Yoshino, in Nara Prefecture, just might be the very best.

Cherry blossoms started blooming in central Tokyo on ... officials observed 11 flowers of the Somei-Yoshino cherry at 2 p.m. that had opened on a tree under watch at Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda ...

The renowned collection of almost 500 Somei-yoshino blossoming cherry trees ... The two-kilometer strip of trees is one of the top three cherry-blossom viewing spots in the northeastern Tohoku ...

The single cultivar known as 'Somei Yoshino' represents 80% ... over 300 different varieties of cherry tree – also known as cultivars. 8. Cherry blossom species naturally have five petals ...

Cherry blossom varieties abound. In central Tokyo, pink Okame Zakura are now in full bloom. But the best is yet to come. Somei Yoshino — the most popular variety — are expected to bloom around ...

OSAKA—Osaka’s cherry blossom season officially started ... that day confirmed that blossoms had opened on a Somei-Yoshino cherry tree at Osaka Castle Park that has been used to gauge the ...

A fond farewell for a treasured tree. Few trees become internet darlings. Yet Stumpy, a Yoshino cherry on the edge of the capital’s Tidal Basin, was no common ornamental. The tree never would have won ...