For 16 generations, master gardeners in this one family have dedicated their lives to preserving one of the nation's most ...

Cherry trees need at least six hours of sunlight each day to flourish, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. The best time ...

In Maniwa, Okayama prefecture, a 1,000-year-old cherry tree — known as Daigo Sakura — was in full bloom April 5. The tree was named after Emperor Godaigo, who is said to have visited the tree ...

A weeping cherry tree said to be more than 400 years old is blooming at a temple in Fukui Prefecture along the Sea of Japan. The tree at Kogyoji temple in Eiheiji Town is about nine meters tall ...

Many of the trees are reaching 70 to 80 years old, well beyond their prime blooming age. Japan's famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses photos of the delicate pink and ...

But this isn't just any ordinary cherry blossom tree grove; it's also the domain of 97-year-old Tōemon Sano: Japan's most renowned sakuramori (cherry blossom guardian). For more than a millennium ...

As we strolled through the garden, Shinichi paused at an umbrella-like shidarezakura (weeping cherry), its swooping branches covered in geisha-blush blossoms. Shinichi said this 40-year-old tree ...