cherry blossoms

OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--Five cherry trees that survived the tsunami disaster two years ago have bloomed for the last time.

WASHINGTON--The cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin along the Potomac River have been attracting tourists for over a century, and this year has been no exception.

YOSHINO, Nara Prefecture--Cherry blossoms on Mount Yoshinoyama, part of the World Heritage site here, are now at their peak, painting the slopes of the mountain a pale pink.

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Although cherry blossoms are not in bloom yet in the Tohoku area, a handprinted painting of a tree in full bloom can currently be seen in the...

TATEBAYASHI, Gunma Prefecture--For a quintessential Japanese spring scene, check out the thousands of colorful "koinobori" carp streamers strung across the Tsuruudagawa river...

Cherry blossoms exploded in their full glory in central Tokyo on March 22, the day the Japan Meteorological Agency declared the flowers had reached full bloom in the city.

MIHARU, Fukushima Prefecture--As it has for more than a millennium, a famed cherry tree is once again attracting admirers, whose numbers plunged last year in the wake of an...

WASHINGTON - Above-average temperatures have brought February blooms to Washington, D.C., but organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival see the springlike winter as no ...

Japan’s cherry blossoms were never more poignant than last spring, when stunning canopies of pink and white spread across the Tohoku coast just weeks after the March 11...