Okada says San Francisco's Cherry Blossom Festival is a true classic, celebrating Japanese culture, with ancient traditions and some new ones. The Sunday weather was near perfect if you like it ...

An annual cherry blossom festival has begun at a park in Japan's northeastern city of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Hirosaki Park is one of the most famous cherry blossom spots in Japan.

TOKYO -- In Japanese, “sakura” means cherry blossoms and “hanami” roughly translates to “flower viewing.” On my fourth visit ...

Surprisingly, her child, standing next to her, starts imitating the action by hitting other branches A Taiwanese tourist ...

The Sakura Festival at Tenbou Park on the 60th floor of Sunshine City’s Sunshine 60 skyscraper runs through May 11. Located ...

A 26-year-old visitor from Australia said he found the scenery beautiful even with an element missing, as there is no such extensive row of cherry blossom trees in his home country. The Japan News ...

There's no other place on Earth that celebrates cherry blossoms quite like Japan. As the buds burst open in parks and streets ...

Information on the latest cherry blossom conditions. (The page is in Japanese. Please right click to use your browser’s translation function.) ...

Spring has officially arrived, and Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, or sakura, are beginning to bloom across the country! As of April 17, 2025, the cherry blossom season has kicked off in much of ...

A weeping cherry tree said to be more than 400 years old is blooming at a temple in Fukui Prefecture along the Sea of Japan. The tree at Kogyoji temple in Eiheiji Town is about nine meters tall ...

While we try not to hop onto every skincare and makeup-related trend that crops up, there's something about having a cherry-blossom beauty product in our spring rotation that just feels right. In ...