Japan's cherry blossom season has become a victim of its own popularity. Fujiyoshida canceled its popular Cherry Blossom ...

Japan Forced to Cancel Cherry Blossom Festival Due to Disrespectful Tourists ...

Japan's cherry blossom festival has been cancelled because residents have complained about overcrowding and disrespectful tourists. The week-long event in Fujiyoshida usually attracts about 200,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blossoms, however, are short-lived and usually fall within a week. Indeed, “sakura,” as the cherry tree is known in Japanese, ...

In early February, the flowering of Japanese cherry trees marks the beginning of spring in Hawaii. Today, the annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Festival is celebrating these trees and the ancient Japanese ...

Countless beautiful cherry blossoms appear throughout Japan each year creating breathtaking sights and drawing in hordes of international tourists. But one festival celebrating the delicate petals has ...

TOKYO — Cherry blossoms, or sakura, in Japan will begin to flower in mid-March at the earliest, according to recent forecasts by commercial meteorologists. The Somei-Yoshino, a hybrid variant and one ...

TOKYO — Japan’s cherry blossoms, a hallmark of spring, are expected to bloom on schedule this year, with Tokyo’s first flowers appearing on March 25, according to commercial weather forecasters. The ...