Mount Yoshino offers a good (and beautiful ... of the best places to view cherry blossoms in Japan. There are more than 30,000 cherry blossom trees in the area, and some are believed to be ...

The temple also has a beautiful forest with over 100,000 trees. This group of dazzling islands in the Miyagi prefecture is ...

These trees—diplomatic gifts from Japan in 1912 that have gracefully witnessed countless administrations—frame the Jefferson Memorial in what stands as one of America's most enduring symbols ...

Cherry blossom season is in full swing across Japan, but one issue looms over one of the country's most beautiful occasions — the aging of the iconic trees. Many sakura trees — specifically ...

It tells users the condition and the age of the trees based on photos they take with their smartphones and upload them to a website. A five-point scale — only available in Japanese for now ...

Climate change is rearing its ugly head on beautiful things – cherry blossom trees in Japan and the US are blossoming ... “Spring is most definitely starting earlier than when you were a ...

6. 'Sakura' is the Japanese word for 'cherry blossom' and is the country’s most popular girls name. 7. There are over 300 different varieties of cherry tree – also known as cultivars.