Temperatures dipped dramatically this week, transforming sakura spots into icy pink-tinged dreamworlds.
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Experience a very different side to the city as part of the “Cherry Blossoms in the Morning” promotion.
Hanami season began today in the capital, giving us a better idea of when to expect the glorious full bloom period.
People in Japan cast their vote for their favourite hanami spot and the places where they most want to see sakura before they die.
Gourmet chocolatier is selling its mouthwatering sakura/matcha combo where ordinary people go to satisfy their sweet tooth.
The country’s symbol of spring is being spotted in mid-autumn, so we held a one-man sakura party to celebrate!
Thieves used machinery to steal flowering cherry blossom branches and tree trunks from a park in Osaka Prefecture.
It seems putting on rose-tinted spectacles not only makes you feel nostalgic, it also makes the ephemeral beauty of cherry blossoms even better.
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