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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.
Maruyama Park (円山公園, Maruyama kōen) is a park in Kyoto, Japan.It is noted as the main center for cherry blossom viewing in Kyoto, and can get extremely crowded at that time of year (April).
Mount Yoshino (吉野山, Yoshino-yama) is the general name for the mountain ridge that stretches from the south bank of the Yoshino River in the town of Yoshino central Nara Prefecture, Japan, to the Ōmine Mountains, stretching for about eight kilometers from north-to-south, or the broader name of the area dotted with shrines and temples, centered around Kinpusen-ji Temple.
Visitors enjoy the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC on March 18, 2024. The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, which commemorates Japan's gift of 3,000 cherry trees in 1912, runs from March ...
Hanami picnics in front of Himeji Castle, 2005 Osaka Castle. Hanami (花見, "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers; flowers (花, hana) in this case almost always refer to those of the cherry (桜, sakura) or, less frequently, plum (梅, ume) trees. [1]
The total area of the city was 10.47 square kilometres (4.04 sq mi). It is the city with the smallest area in the prefecture (followed by Takahama and Chiryū), and is the 10th smallest city in Japan. [2] Iwakura city is famous for its "Cherry Blossom Festival" which mostly takes place around the end of March every year.
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).
The Matsuyama Shiroyama Koen Cherry Blossom Festival is held every year in early April in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The Matsuyama Castle is lit up with paper lanterns at night until 9 PM. People eat home-cooked meals or take-out food under the cherry blossom tree, combined with drinking sake, talking and singing songs.