Cherry trees in the Okusenbon area farthest up the mountain have also started to blossom, and are expected to be in full bloom by mid-April. The origin of cherry trees on Mount Yoshino is said to ...

Out of all the places in Japan to see cherry blossoms, the town of Yoshino, in Nara Prefecture, just might be the very best. That’s because there are more than 30,000 sakura trees on the slopes of ...

A cherry blossom festival is attracting people to a mountain in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, ahead of other places in the country. About 7,000 cherry trees of the hikanzakura variety are ...