YOSHINO, Nara -- Cherry blossoms on Mount Yoshino in this western Japan town have come into full bloom, covering the area in a sea of pale pink. As of April 7, trees in the Shimosenbon area near ...

The agency’s Osaka Regional Headquarters earlier that day confirmed that blossoms had opened on a Somei-Yoshino cherry tree at Osaka Castle Park that has been used to gauge the start of the ...