Spring has officially arrived, and Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, or sakura, are beginning to bloom across the country! As of April 24, 2025, the cherry blossom season has finished in western and ...

16 x 10 7/8in (40.6 x 27.7cm) size ...

Toronto's most iconic cherry blossom expert is getting his well-deserved flowers as he receives a special honour from Matsunaga Takeshi, Consul-General of Japan. It's almost impossible to discuss ...

But this isn't just any ordinary cherry blossom tree grove; it's also the domain of 97-year-old Tōemon Sano: Japan's most renowned sakuramori (cherry blossom guardian). For more than a millennium ...

According to Naoko Abe, cherry blossom expert and author of The Sakura Obsession, skilled sakura arborists have existed in Japan since time immemorial. But thanks to the popularity of the 1970s ...

CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) — Carmel city government will host its inaugural Cherry Blossom Festival on May 4 at the Japanese Garden on the grounds of Carmel City Hall. The Sunday festival will ...

The British Museum’s major new tribute to the 19th-century Japanese master Utagawa Hiroshige is an exquisite foil for modern ...

Couldn’t make it to Japan this year to see the cherry blossoms? Us neither, but luckily you can still enjoy the Japanese spring vibes right here in Dublin. To coincide with the arrival of Hanami – a ...

Toronto, it’s happening — cherry blossom season is upon us. With the city about to be covered in pink petals and luscious spring vibes, we have compiled all the best places in the city you can ...

In this two-weekend event, San Francisco’s Japantown hosted the 58th Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival. Bringing together Japanese culture and heritage, this annual celebration ...

(Japanese original by Ayano Tanaka, Tokyo City News Department) In Photos: Crowds gather to see cherry blossoms at iconic park in Japan's Aomori ...