Plum Festival kicked off at Atami Plum Garden in Shizuoka Prefecture on January 11. Atami Geisha also celebrated by giving a ...

Kairakuen Garden in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is one of the most famous places in Japan to see plum trees. The garden is ...

In Japan, while cherry blossoms often capture the most attention, there's another equally stunning pink flower: the plum blossom. The emergence of plum blossoms marks one of the earliest and most ...

But be warned – you might just fall in love with Japan’s springtime magic. The Magic Of Cherry Blossom Season. Think pink ...

The plum blossoms might get less hype than the cherry blossoms that follow, but they still make for some gorgeous late-winter scenery. This year marks the 68th run of the Yushima Tenjin Ume Matsuri.

Every year, plane loads of overseas visitors head to Japan in search of the pretty pink flowers known as sakura, or cherry blossoms. But if it’s pretty pink flowers you’re after, Japan has a surprise ...

While spring is synonymous with cherry blossoms in Japan, you don’t have to wait until April to experience the magic of hanami. Across the country, several varieties of winter sakura bloom as early as ...

However, when you see the newest Air Jordan mode, the visual language doesn’t shout “slam dunks” so much as “blooming sakura.” Cherry blossoms aren’t the only traditionally Japanese motif on these ...

Food is also symbolic for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. In the North, Banh Chung, a sticky rice cake with banana leaves, is ...