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A train that has reduced its speed moves along a line of cherry trees in full bloom in Shibata, Miyagi Prefecture, on Thursday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 15:10 JST, April 11, 2025 SENDAI — Trains are giving ...

As the Washington, D.C. cherry blossoms reached their peak for 2025, trees around New York and New Jersey were starting to bloom. Some flowers have already been spotted in Central Park ...

Classmates of Megumi Yokota on Thursday donated cherry trees to a junior high school in the city of Niigata that they had attended when the then 13-year-old was abducted by North Korea.

Japan's famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses photos of the delicate pink and white flowers could help preserve them for future generations. The "sakura" season is ...

Cherry blossoms first landed on American soil in 1912 as a gift from the people of Japan to the United States, according to Parks Tacoma. Although the trees were intended to be primarily planted ...

TOKYO, April 10, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Japan's famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses photos of the delicate pink and white flowers could help preserve them for future ...

CHERRY tree fans are bound to fall in love with this Medieval English town home to the world's largest orchard. As Sakura season blossoms, more than 350,000 tourists flock to one historic UK ...

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