YOSHINO, Nara Prefecture--Thousands of cherry trees have burst into full bloom at Mount Yoshinoyama here, offering visitors a magical spectacle of spring for which the area is so renowned.

“Renjishi” (Two Lions), “Boshibari” (Tied to a Pole), “Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura Yoshinoyama” (Yoshitsune and a Thousand Cherry Trees Mount Yoshinoyama) and “Yowanasake Ukina no ...