THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 14, 2021 at 18:25 JST
Visitors scan a sample tree for blossoms at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on March 14. The tree is one of the sites used to announce the start of the cherry blossom season. (Koichi Ueda)
Cherry blossoms began blooming in central Tokyo on March 14, tying the record for the earliest sighting since 1953 when data on the event was first collected. [Read More]
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