One of Japan’s foremost living authorities on cherry trees and their blossoms, the wiry, weather-beaten Asari is a walking encyclopedia about sakura. When he leads small groups through Matsumae ...

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 ...

Cherry blossoms bloom over a snow-covered field in the village of Okura, Yamagata Prefecture, on May 1, 2025. Known as one of Japan's heaviest snowfall areas, the village is experiencing the ...

The trees in Okinawa began blooming in early January, and the flowering season has gradually moved northward along Japan’s ...

In the coming days, tens of thousands more New Yorkers will continue to seek out cherry blossoms — many of which might be in ...

The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University hosted their 25th Sakura Matsuri: Cherry Blossom Festival.

For Dior’s pre-fall 2025 collection, the creative director brought the house back to Japan, staging a runway underneath the flourishing cherry blossoms at the historic Toji Temple in Kyoto.

The Japanese cherry trees were gifted by the Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom in ... hosted an event on Friday to celebrate the first blossom of the trees planted at Val de la Mare, with ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Enjoying the profusion of Japanese cherry blossoms is not a rite of spring ... to as many as 100 years in their native Japan. “They’re under more stress here,” said ...

A springtime tradition rooted in international friendship will once again bring color, culture and community to Buffalo’s ...

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 ...