In Japanese, “sakura” means cherry blossoms and “hanami” roughly translates to “flower viewing.” On my fourth visit to Japan ...

The Sakura Festival at Tenbou Park on the 60th floor of Sunshine City’s Sunshine 60 skyscraper runs through May 11. Located ...

Somei Yoshino cherry trees reached full bloom on the eastern outer moat of Hirosaki Park here April 22, a renowned viewing ...

Tourists and Japanese locals marvelled at Tokyo's cherry trees on Monday at the peak of the annual blossom season that traditionally represents fresh starts but also life's fleeting impermanence.

Honestly, every season is a delight when you’re in Japan. Whether its cherry blossoms on your mind or snow monkeys soaking in ...

Hirosaki, Japan, March 2000: Under cover of night, cherry blossom trees lining the moat surrounding Hirosaki Castle in northern Japan lend a warm glow. Want to know where you can still see the ...

A woman takes a photo at Chidorigafuchi, in one of the moats around the Imperial Palace, next to cherry blossoms as the blossom viewing season begins in full, in central Tokyo on Monday. (Richard A.

Tokyo resident Kayoko Yoshihara, 69, organises annual flower-viewing picnics with her friends ... "After enduring the cold winter, the cherry blossoms bloom and it makes you feel like you're ...