By ICHIRO NODA/ Staff Writer
June 24, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Masatoshi Asari checks the condition of a Kechimyaku-zakura cherry tree estimated to be 300 years old in Matsumae, Hokkaido, on April 19. (Ichiro Noda)
MATSUMAE, Hokkaido—A cherry tree at a convent in Poland had bloomed pale pink flowers every April for nearly three decades before Masatoshi Asari, a Hokkaido-based researcher, learned about the blossoms. [Read More]
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