KYOTO—Rising temperatures blessed many places around Japan this weekend, including Kyoto, where Kawazu cherry blossoms have popped open in the fine weather. Kawazu blossoms appear earlier than ...

If you’re like me and you’ve had it with winter, then it’s time to look for early signs of spring. Baseball spring training games. Walking the dog without a down jacket. And spring blooms. Although ...

Anyone bent on bypassing the heavy traffic and taking in the famous “Kawazuzakura” (Kawazu cherry blossoms) now has a luxury option — helicopter day trips from Tokyo to the Izu Peninsula ...

Last year, the cherry blossoms bloomed early in February with streets in Kawazu already been covered with pink flowers. In 2023, the iconic blossoms appeared ten days earlier than usual and tied ...

Today, the island boasts over 1,000 such trees of different varieties, including the Kawazu cherry blossoms, which are currently in full bloom. As March comes to a close, the someiyoshino variety ...

Along the Kurashiki River in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, about 1,000 early-blooming Kawazu cherry blossoms are in full bloom, creating an early spring scene. The trees were planted by ...