In Japan, spring is the time for “hanami” — gathering with friends, spreading a picnic blanket and spending some tranquil time together under ... include blossoming cherry trees in their ...

(Isidore Champagne/CBC) Others enjoyed picnics under the cherry trees as part of the Japanese custom of hanami, or flowering viewing. (Isidore Champagne/CBC) On this day, there's no shortage of ...

Dozens of Torrance residents and nature lovers turned out Sunday, April 7, to take their ease under ornamental cherry trees in Columbia Park. It was the city’s 11th annual Cherry Blossom ...