Though mainly associated with Japan, cherry blossom season is a widely anticipated event in cities around the world, a sign that spring has arrived, an opportunity for people to get out and enjoy ...

For just a few weeks every spring, Japan celebrates an annual ritual known as hanami. In theory, it’s a simple pleasure: stopping to view and appreciate the beautiful spring blossoms, most commonly ...

Nothing quite captures the joyous arrival of spring quite like cherry blossom season. When you think of this fleeting floral spectacle, an ancient hanami (flower-watching) celebration in Japan may be ...

Peak bloom lasted just a couple days this year. Gusty thunderstorms blew petals off many of the famed cherry blossom trees that line the Tidal Basin in D.C. on Monday night. The cherry blossom trees ...

Lindsey Reynolds is a writer and enthusiast in all things sustainable. Her work has appeared in Garden & Gun, CNN Eatocracy, The Daily Mississippian, Good Grit, and Oxford magazine. Kyoto, Japan has ...

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MACON, Ga. — With the arrival of spring in Central Georgia, cherry blossoms are never far behind - and that means Macon’s Cherry Blossom Festival is right around the corner. The Cherry Blossom ...