Japan is a country shaped by seasons and traditions. Each time of year offers a distinct set of experiences that influence ...

Planning a sakura trip? Japan’s 2026 cherry blossom forecast reveals bloom and full-flower dates across major cities.

Planning a sakura trip soon? Check out the 2026 cherry blossom forecast for Japan and its major cities like Tokyo and Sapporo ...

Planning a sakura trip? Japan’s 2026 cherry blossom forecast reveals bloom and full-flower dates across major cities.

WASHINGTON — The National Cherry Blossom Festival was officially up and running in Washington, D.C. Saturday evening as festival organizers, Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Japanese ambassador gathered at ...

Cherry blossom festival season is in full swing, and the Washington D.C. event, described on its website as “spring’s biggest welcome party,” expects swarms of patrons for the March 20 to April 13, ...

The cherry blossom is an extremely important symbol in Japanese culture: the flower's brief bloom symbolizes the fragility, transience and beauty of life. Each year, the Japan Weather Association ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – More than 6,000 visitors, including Camp Zama community members and Japanese guests, were here March 22 to celebrate the start of spring during the installation’s annual Cherry ...

Since the introduction of cherry trees from their native Japan in the early 1900s, blossoming cherry trees signaled seasonal change in the United States. Bred for blooms and not for fruit, varieties ...

Nothing quite captures the joyous arrival of spring quite like cherry blossom season. When you think of this fleeting floral spectacle, an ancient hanami (flower-watching) celebration in Japan may be ...