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 ...

Torontonians are upset after some people were seen disrupting Japanese cherry blossoms over the weekend as the trees are in peak bloom across the city. Watching the Sakura trees fully bloom in ...

But thanks to the popularity of the 1970s novel Sakuramori about a sakura-infatuated tree expert, communities began bestowing this title to deserving specialists in the years that followed.

Such friendship and goodwill is, after all, how the trees got here in the first place. In April of 1959, the then-ambassador to Canada, Toru-Hagiwara, gifted 2000 sakura trees to Toronto on behalf ...

Cherry blossom fans are being urged to keep a respectful distance from the Sakura trees — or face a $300 fine. After social media posts showing admirers of the blooms climbing and tugging on ...

WEST PITTSTON — The cherry blossom trees along scenic Susquehanna Avenue in West Pittston are nearing the end of peak bloom, but they still provided a colorful backdrop for the kick off of the ...

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As of Tuesday, cherry blossom trees started to bloom in New Haven. Residents said they expected a warmup this week to help the season reach its peak. “This time they’re very pink when they ...

Kakunodate Bukeyashiki-dori (Akita): Famous for its preserved samurai district, Kakunodate lights up with pink weeping cherry trees in late April, contrasting with the black fences of samurai homes.

The chance to see Japan’s sakura trees in blossom – a sight symbolising both new life and the transient nature of our existence to the Japanese – is, for many, the trip of a lifetime.