Whether you're planning to travel to Japan or are already here, the tourist industry is ready to help you explore the best cherry blossom spots. In the heart of Tokyo, cherry trees are beginning ...

While cherry blossoms are often seen as the quintessential ... As a result, nearly every Tenjin shrine across Japan—numbering around 12,000—features plum trees. At Egara Tenjin, over 100 ...

Since it's only February, it may be hard to believe that this year’s cherry blossoms are already on the horizon. But there they are, and approaching fast: the Japan Meteorological Corporation ...

Spring has begun early in Japan, and that's official. How do we know? Well the cherry ... Shrine is one of the places where weather officials observe a tree to see whether its in blossom or ...

Go witness the mesmerizing cherry blossoms in Yoshino Kansai. Here is our pick of the finest Airbnbs in Yoshino Kansai to ...

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 ...

Kyoto showcases the excellence of Japanese culture. Here is our pick of the best Airbnbs in Kyoto to see the cherry blossom.

Ahead of cherry blossom season, the ume or plum blossoms brighten up the colder months in Japan. This guide introduces the different varieties. This type of ume is close to the original species ...

Out of all the places in Japan to see cherry blossoms, the town of Yoshino, in Nara Prefecture, just might be the very best. That’s because there are more than 30,000 sakura trees on the slopes of ...

Cherry Friends is a Melbourne-based volunteer group established by local Japanese residents to conserve the cherry blossoms at Banksia Park, originally gifted by the Japanese government in 1980.