Petals from Somei Yoshino cherry trees are seen piled up on the ground like snow at Hirosaki Park in Hirosaki, Aomori ...

Colourful cherry blossoms are expected to be in full bloom in Mississauga’s downtown core in the next few weeks, say city ...

Yukari and Yoriko celebrate their memories of Japan by visiting the cherry blossom trees at Merville Garden ... Flags, emblems and painting of curbs is forbidden and the houses are all painted ...

But this isn't just any ordinary cherry blossom tree grove; it's also the domain of 97-year-old Tōemon Sano: Japan's most renowned sakuramori (cherry blossom guardian). For more than a millennium ...

For more than a millennium, Japanese people ... understood roles in the trees' maintenance lies with their behind-the-scenes caretakers. According to Naoko Abe, cherry blossom expert and author ...