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 ...

Cherry blossoms, or sakura, became the favorite at grand flower-viewing parties. These were hosted by the emperors. By the early 18th century, hanami became more open thanks to Shogun Tokugawa ...

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 ...

(Getty Images)| Buffalo's Cherry Blossom Festival will take place this year from April 29 through May 6 at the Japanese Garden of Buffalo located in Delaware Park on Mirror Lake, behind The ...

The first cherry blossoms this year in Japan have been observed in Okinawa Prefecture. Weather officials say they confirmed that flowers were in bloom on a benchmark cherry tree of the hikanzakura ...

Japanese soldiers sometimes came to Shimonaiji ... 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 ...

Cherry trees in the Okusenbon area farthest up the mountain have also started to blossom, and are expected ... of visitors return to that level. (Japanese original by Naoto Yamanaka, Gojo Local ...

KYOTO—An ume blossom that sprouted at the Kitano Tenmangu shrine here in early March is a world first that bloomed on a cloned Japanese apricot tree using tissue culture technology. The dark ...

A festival inspired by the Japanese tradition of Hanami has got ... Several species of blossom tree are found at the country retreat near Bromsgrove, including plum, pear, apple, and cherry.

native Japanese plants, serene koi ponds, a five-story pagoda and a Zen garden. You’ll want to plan your visit foo March or April when the garden’s cherry blossom trees are in full bloom.