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The cherry blossom front between Kyushu and Kanto, 2007. The cherry blossom front (桜前線, sakura zensen) is the advance of the cherry blossoms across Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency records the opening and full bloom of the blossoms from Kyūshū in late March to Hokkaidō in the middle of May.
Cherry tree in bloom in Yachounomori Garden, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan, April 2009 The cherry blossom, or sakura, is the flower of trees in Prunus subgenus Cerasus. Sakura usually refers to flowers of ornamental cherry trees, such as cultivars of Prunus serrulata, not trees grown for their fruit [1]: 14–18 [2] (although these also have blossoms).
Crowds gathered Friday to enjoy Japan's famed cherry blossoms in Tokyo, where cold weather has delayed their bloom. Cherry blossoms, known as “sakura” in Japanese, are the nation's favorite ...
In 2020, traditional cherry blossom season events were canceled and tourists did not come to Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [21] The 2021 peak bloom day in Kyoto, March 26, was the earliest since record-tracking began in 812.
Cherry blossoms mean big business for Japan: each year, an estimated 63 million local and international tourists travel to and across the country to witness this candyfloss spectacle, spending $2 ...
The opening sentence "A cherry blossom also known as Japanese cherry or Sakura is a flower of many trees of genus Prunus or Prunus subg. Cerasus." is painful to read as it says that a cherry blossom is a flower, but is synonymous with Japanese cherry, the name of a tree. I propose we maintain the following distinction throughout the article:
Japan is gifting the United States 250 new cherry trees, Prime Minister Kishida and President Biden announced during a state visit at the White House. Japan gifts 250 new cherry trees to D.C ...
The garden is a favourite hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) spot, and large crowds can be present during cherry blossom season. The garden has more than 20,000 trees, including approximately 1,500 cherry trees , which bloom from late March ( Shidare or Weeping Cherry) to early April ( Somei or Tokyo Cherry), and on to late April ( Kanzan Cherry ).