The temple of Choken-ji is famous as the first in Kyoto to witness the blooming of cherry blossom each year. Its weeping ito-zakura (thread cherry blossom) tree comes into flower a week earlier ...

As Japan's national flower, the cherry blossom-or sakura ... adjacent to the park's English garden.) Trees in this former samurai district were imported from Kyoto in the Edo period, between ...

Kyoto, the old-school capital ... But the cherry blossom magic doesn’t stop there. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a cherry ...

Hayakawa echoes this suggestion, pointing out that many of Kyoto’s historical sites require ... March and April, meanwhile, are cherry blossom season and the city is alight with festivals ...

Because the Japan Meteorological Corporation has released its Cherry Blossom forecast for the year! Sakura is estimated to start blossoming in Tokyo around March 24 and will reach its full bloom by ...

Suppose you're interested in shrine-hopping in Kyoto, seeing the cherry blossoms in bloom across ... In the fall, events are held at gardens, temples, and shrines all over the city to celebrate ...