KYOTO—Rising temperatures blessed many places around Japan this weekend, including Kyoto, where Kawazu cherry blossoms have popped open in the fine weather. Kawazu blossoms appear earlier than ...

The cherry blossoms in Kawazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, typically reach peak bloom in February. Getting there from Tokyo takes about three hours by car, and the surrounding roads are often congested ...

Along the Kurashiki River in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, about 1,000 early-blooming Kawazu cherry blossoms ... the trees began to bloom in late February, about a week earlier than usual.

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