The Library of Congress will host its annual Japanese Culture Day this Saturday in celebration of the 2025 National Cherry Blossom Festival, an annual commemoration of Japan’s 1912 gift of 3,020 ...

Once a year a housing estate in Newtownabbey, County Antrim becomes a special place for the Japanese community in Northern Ireland as rows of cherry blossom trees burst into life. The candy floss ...

But the blossoms are especially celebrated by members of the Japan Society of Northern Ireland as part of a traditional Japanese 'Hanami' (flower viewing) festival. Instead of the usual festival ...

Spring has officially arrived, and Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, or sakura, are beginning to bloom across the country! As of April 17, 2025, the cherry blossom season has kicked off in much of ...

Choosing the grounds of the serene Tō-ji Temple as the show’s location – the site of Japan’s tallest wooden pagoda, its gardens in full bloom in the midst of the fleeting cherry-blossom season ...

After the main cherry blossom season starts to fade, late-blooming varieties like yaezakura become a highlight in Tokyo and across Japan. Many travelers try to plan their trip around the peak of ...

Sunset over Lake Shinji is seen through the branches of blooming cherry trees at Shirakata Park in the western Japan city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, April 7, 2025. Cherry blossoms were in full ...

MITO — Someiyoshino cherry blossoms reached their peak bloom in Mito ... to Cover Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Worth of Vehicle, Parts Imports Bank of Japan Gov. Ueda Says ‘Uncertainty Is Quite ...

The 20th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Philadelphia drew more than 15,000 ... The tradition started in 1926 when Japan gave the City of Philadelphia 1600 cherry trees as a sign of friendship. Over ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “ICONIC” Japanese cherry blossom trees gifted to Jersey last year have bloomed for the ...

Three new Japanese cherry trees in Jersey have blossomed for the first time, a charity says. The trees were gifted by the Embassy of Japan in the UK last November as part of a project to donated ...

Picture foam-flecked sea waves, springtime peach blossoms, leafy bamboo and geometric chrysanthemums ... the elaborate sashes that cinch kimonos and other traditional Japanese garments. With the idea ...