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 ...

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 ...

Spring is that moment when cherry blossom ... in Japan about a week too late to catch the full bloom. In fact, by that time in mid-April, it was hard to catch even a glimpse of a tree with a ...