It is time to be in Japan. And now. On Monday (March 24), the Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed that the 2025 cherry ...

It is time to reflect on this original vision to recognize afresh the serious effects of the heavy military presence on the people in Okinawa. Information on the latest cherry blossom conditions.

Sakura season typically starts in the south, on islands like Kyushu and Okinawa, and ends in cooler regions up north, like Sapporo in Hokkaido. Here, cherry blossoms often bloom from April to ...

People in Okinawa's Nago City held their first Sakura Festival in three years after a pause due to the pandemic. The annual cherry-blossom spectacle takes place in late January at Nangusuku Park ...

The first sakura trees here were brought from Okinawa, Japan, in the early 1950s. Since then, many residents have also ...

Okinawans are more than happy to celebrate hanami (cherry blossom viewing) while the rest of Japan is still in the depths of winter. Photo credit: Okinawa Convention Visitors Bureau Descending ...