Cherry blossom varieties abound. In central Tokyo ... A publisher of a popular Japanese guidebook series has created a multilingual website that not only highlights the best sakura spots in ...

There are as many as 80 different varieties of cherry blossom trees in the garden ... The blossoming trees are known as Sakura in Japanese. Here a woman walks through Hamcho Park in Tokyo after ...

Weather conditions mean the trees are looking spectacular two weeks earlier than usual Japanese cherry blossom trees at a Gloucestershire park have flowered two weeks earlier than usual ...

6. 'Sakura' is the Japanese word for 'cherry blossom' and is the country’s most popular girls name. 7. There are over 300 different varieties of cherry tree – also known as cultivars.

that the Japan Meteorological Agency uses to gauge the start and peak of cherry blossom season in Tokyo. Officials from the JMA’s Tokyo Regional Headquarters declared in Japanese and sign ...

A festival inspired by the Japanese tradition ... Several species of blossom tree are found at the country retreat near Bromsgrove, including plum, pear, apple, and cherry. Visitors are encouraged ...

The cherry blossom spectacle at Yeouido Hangang Park in Seoul is ... culture and cuisine events centered around the blooms. Unlike the ornamental varieties of Japanese cherry trees, the ones here ...

Naoke Abe's public lecture will cover how an eccentric British horticulturalist saved the Tai Haku cherry breed, with a huge ...