A Taiwanese tourist faced intense online backlash after vigorously shaking cherry blossom trees in Japan to create a romantic “cherry blossom rain” for photos. The unidentified woman was ...

But this isn't just any ordinary cherry blossom tree grove; it's also the domain of 97-year-old Tōemon Sano: Japan's most renowned sakuramori (cherry blossom guardian). For more than a millennium ...

Residents are invited to take part in hanami, the centuries-old Japanese tradition of flower viewing under the park's blooming cherry blossom trees. According to the city, the trees typically ...

Yoriko and Yukari gather every year to celebrate the blooming of the cherry blossom trees at Merville Garden Village Once a year a housing estate in Newtownabbey, County Antrim becomes a special ...

Once a year a housing estate in Newtownabbey, County Antrim becomes a special place for the Japanese community in Northern Ireland as rows of cherry blossom trees burst into life. The candy floss ...

For more than 80 years,Sano has utilised his specialised knowledge to steward the survival of sakura trees in gardens throughout Japan and the world – including at the Isamu Noguchi-designed ...

The former shared a screenshot of the wild animal tearing off flowers from a Japanese Sakura tree on the subreddit r/Mizkif and claimed it was assaulting the tree. For context, earlier this month ...

The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University hosted their 25th Sakura Matsuri: Cherry Blossom Festival, co-produced by Wang Cultural Programs, the Japan Center at Stony Brook, and Ryu Shu ...

In April of 1959, the then-ambassador to Canada, Toru-Hagiwara, gifted 2000 sakura trees to Toronto on behalf of Japanese citizens as a thank you for the city's Japanese-Canadian refugees after ...

It is no exaggeration to say that Sakura Ando is one of the most important actresses of contemporary Japanese cinema. A winner of numerous accolades, including five Japan Academy Film Prize awards ...

PELELIU, Palau—Japan and Palau will undertake one of the largest recoveries of remains of Japanese soldiers killed during World War II. Welfare minister Takamaro Fukuoka met with Ngiraibelas ...

Step into a world of enchantment as Japan dons its ethereal cloak of cherry blossoms, known as Sakura. Discover the magic of ...