Once a year a housing estate in County Antrim becomes a special place for the Japanese community in Northern Ireland as rows of cherry blossom trees burst into life. The candy floss coloured trees are ...

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 ...

And it's all to honour the coming of their special 'sakura' - or cherry blossom - a central theme of life in their home country. In Japan, these beautiful trees represent the transience of life ...

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 ...

A springtime tradition rooted in international friendship will once again bring color, culture and community to Buffalo’s ...

The trees in Okinawa began blooming in early January, and the flowering season has gradually moved northward along Japan’s ...

The garden includes a traditional Japanese gate in between the cherry blossom trees. The Kawachinagano Japanese Garden at Carmel City Hall, a serene space completed in 2009 as part of the 15th ...

Toronto's most iconic cherry blossom ... trees got here in the first place. In April of 1959, the then-ambassador to Canada, Toru-Hagiwara, gifted 2000 sakura trees to Toronto on behalf of ...

A Taiwanese tourist faced intense online backlash after vigorously shaking cherry blossom trees in Japan to create a romantic “cherry blossom rain” for photos. The unidentified woman was ...

According to a news release, the Tidal Basin Cherry Blossom trees were planted in 1912 as a gift from Japan to the United States. The Cherry Blossom Princess Education and Cultural Exchange ...