A person admires the lights that re-create a raft of blossoms by shining pink light on the snow on a castle moat and cherry blossom trees, in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2025.

A: The Japanese blueberry tree, Elaeocarpus decipiens, is an evergreen that prefers sun to part sun and a well-draining soil. A moderate grower to approximately 40 feet tall and 20 feet wide, it ...

Tourists shelter from the wind in an alcove of a snow covered tree, nicknamed a 'snow monster' on January 19, 2019 on Mount Zao near Yamagata, Japan. Carl Court / Getty Images Strangely shaped ...

They look forward to snow in the winter so they can enjoy sekku, translated as "snow blossoms". Sekku refers to the way snow gracefully accumulates on trees, other plants, stones and gravel.