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Hanami flower viewing season begins 9 days earlier than average this year as the city’s official sample tree sprouts its first blossoms. In March every year, the Japan Meteorological Agency keeps a careful eye on Tokyo’s special hyoujun-ki (literally “sample tree“), which officially heralds the start of the region’s long-awaited sakura season when it blossoms. …

Find out when the sakura are set to blossom and peak around Japan this year. Every year, as the plum blossoms begin to bloom in winter, people start wondering when the nation’s other iconic flower will start appearing, this time on the branches of sakura trees around the country. Cherry blossom …