The trees quickly became beloved, leading to the US offering Japan a gift of flowering dogwoods in return for the cherry trees’ beauty. Although most of the original trees have died, two of the ...

Classmates of Megumi Yokota on Thursday donated cherry trees to a junior high school in the city of Niigata that they had attended when the then 13-year-old was abducted by North Korea.

The cherry blossom is synonymous with Japanese culture and springtime, but the vibrant pink bloom has had roots in Washington state for over a century. Cherry blossoms first landed on American ...

CHERRY tree fans are bound to fall in love with this Medieval English town home to the world's largest orchard. As Sakura season blossoms, more than 350,000 tourists flock to one historic UK ...

We didn't ask anyone to provide photos of Utah in full bloom, but Utah the cherry trees went all-in on their attempt to make everyone forget about that apricot tree, prompting our viewers to whip ...

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Japan's famed cherry ... of the trees are reaching 70 to 80 years old, well beyond their prime blooming age. This means increasing costs to tend to the trees and maintain popular flowering spots.

But many of the trees are reaching 70 to 80 years old, well beyond their prime blooming age. Flowering cherry blossoms and buds from a sample cherry tree, Somei Yoshino species, used for observation ...

Cherry blossom season is in full swing across Japan, but one issue looms over one of the country's most beautiful occasions — the aging of the iconic trees. Many sakura trees — specifically ...

Many of the trees are reaching 70 to 80 years old, well beyond their prime blooming age. Japan's famed cherry trees are getting ... trees and maintain popular flowering spots.