Anna Vo Nguyen, left, and her mother, Tina Vo explore the blooming cherry trees at the Martin Luther ... D.C. The Washington Monument stands in the background.Matt McClain/The Washington Post ...

head to the Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival in Aomori Prefecture. Enjoy more than 2,600 trees in full bloom with a 400-year-old castle in the background. Photo by: PIXTA/ taka Constructed in the ...

Cherry blossom season is in full swing in Washington, D.C., with the trees reaching peak bloom on Friday, according to the National Park Service. Originally a gift from Japan to the United States ...

For the past 10 years, Kevin Ambrose has photographed a cherry tree on the Tidal Basin in all four seasons. On Thursday afternoon, he traveled to the Tidal Basin to photograph the blossoms.

Cherries, not so much. The Japanese cherry trees (Prunus serrulata) that bloom in a cloud of pink in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., rarely thrive in this area, according to Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

The return of cherry blossoms is Washington’s favorite springtime tradition. Do you have questions about the floral trees and ensuing bloom brouhaha? We’ve got answers. Peak bloom—the period when 70% ...

As the Washington, D.C. cherry blossoms reached their peak for 2025, trees around New York and New Jersey were starting to bloom. Some flowers have already been spotted in Central Park ...