I visited in late March, when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. A mother and daughter were placing flowers and praying over a patch of earth. “Somewhere around here,” the mother said ...

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REVISED plans for 180 new homes on “one of the best fields in Somerset” have been put forward by a major housing developer.

If you look outside it's easy to see spring is in full bloom and so are the cherry blossoms. Saturday is the Allentown Cherry Blossom festival and Allentown's Parks and Rec director Karen El-Chaar ...

A street that crosses through the Imperial Palace in Tokyo will be open to the public for cherry blossom viewing for the first time in four years from March 25 to April 2, the Imperial Household ...

Visser of Missoula, Mont., has been chosen to represent Montana Cherry Blossom Festival, which will take place from March 22 to April 7. Fritz of Basin, Wyo., has been chosen to be Wyoming's 2003 ...

When we hear the words cherry blossoms, Japan's dainty sakura trees ... are top spots to see jacaranda in bloom, typically from March to May. You’ll also find them in Shimla, Dehradun, and ...

It’s known as peak bloom, the day 70 percent of blossoms are open on Washington’s iconic cherry trees around… ...

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