By TAKUYA MIYANO/ Staff Writer
March 30, 2024 at 12:13 JST
A someiyoshino cherry tree in bloom at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on March 29 (Kazushige Kobayashi)
Someiyoshino cherry trees started blooming in central Tokyo on March 29, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced.
The JMA’s Tokyo Regional Headquarters made the announcement after a staff member visually confirmed that a sample tree at war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward had 11 blossoms.
Although the trees have tended to bloom earlier in recent years due to global warming, this was the latest in the last 10 years. It was also 15 days later than last year and five days later than normal.
The latest bloom in Tokyo was observed on April 11, 1984.
Harbinger of spring: sakura start to bloom in Tokyo, elsewhere
March 21, 2022
Tokyo ties its record for earliest cherry blossom sighting
March 14, 2023
Cherry trees blossom early in Tokyo, tying record
March 14, 2021
Sakura begin blooming in Tokyo, earliest on record
March 14, 2020
Virus fears ruin festive spirit of Tokyo’s cherry blossom parties
March 17, 2020
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
