Sakura season in Japan

In April each year, Japanese take great pleasure in picnicking under the beautiful flowers of the sakura, or Japanese cherry trees, which only bloom for a few glorious days. The sakura bloom begins in the south and migrates northward steadily throughout the month. Every region of Japan has its celebrated sakura-viewing locales, but famous ones include the Heian temple garden in Kyoto, the grounds of Osaka castle, the grounds of Hikone castle, and Mt. Yoshino near Nara - a mountain completely covered in sakura.

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