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Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival 2025: From Zubeen Garg tribute to The Script, here's what to expect at this cultural extravaganza

November 10, 2025 11:40 am

This November, as cherry blossoms turn Shillong’s hills pink, the city will come alive with music and celebration

Over 100 iconic cherry trees in Washington will be cut down. Here's why

March 22, 2024 1:31 pm

Starting in early summer, crews will begin working to replace the crumbling seawall around the Tidal Basin, the area around the Jefferson Memorial with the highest concentration of cherry trees.

Cherry blossom time - Sakura - in Japan: When, where and how to experience

February 29, 2024 2:24 pm

Witness the magic of Japan's cherry blossom season - Sakura. Explore bloom dates, top destinations and tips for making the most of the experience!

'Garden City' decks up in shades of pink as summer approaches; see pictures

March 31, 2023 9:55 am

The neotropical plant tabebuia rosea blooms around February and March every year.

Care, 'magic' help DC's cherry blossom trees defy age

March 29, 2023 5:44 pm

Predicting the timing of peak bloom — defined as when 70% of the blossoms have opened — has been getting harder. In the 1920s, the average peak bloom was April 5. That moved up to March 31 in recent years, and the 2023 peak arrived yet a week earlier, according to the National Park Service on Thursday.

How the Japanese cherry blossom ritual came to Germany

March 27, 2023 1:09 pm

Germans are gearing up for cherry blossom season. The exotic pink or white-blooming trees made their way to Germany by various routes.

A touch of the vintage, a taste of the modern: making new memories in familiar old Shillong

May 01, 2022 5:28 pm

A writer in search of the nostalgic pineapple soufflé of his childhood in the Meghalayan capital returns with local lore and fresh food memories instead

Bonn's cherry blossom trees: A social media hit

April 11, 2022 1:36 pm

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the blossoming trees are sure to be a spectacle once again. Just how did the Japanese trees become so popular in Germany?

Check out these stunning pictures of cherry blossoms in IT city Bengaluru

April 07, 2022 9:18 am

The tabebuia rosea plants are quick to grow, and January, February, March, April are usually the flowering season

Japan enjoys cherry blossom season despite Covid-19 worries

March 31, 2022 12:01 pm

At Chidorigafuchi Park, a famous “hanami” or cherry blossom viewing spot northwest of the Imperial Palace, thousands of people viewed the fluffy pale pink flowers while strolling under rows of trees or from rowboats on the palace moat

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In pictures: Spring in blossom around the world

April 03, 2024 2:07 pm

Check out some stunning pictures here

In pictures: Japan enjoys peak cherry blossoms, but no party

April 10, 2022 5:49 pm

People across Japan are celebrating the peak cherry blossom viewing season this week without COVID-19 restrictions in place for the first time in two years.

Artist Damien Hirst showers cherry blossoms over Paris

July 12, 2021 9:55 am

The artist unravels his new collection of paintings at an exhibition for the first time at Foundation Cartier, Paris.

Spring is here; and so are the beautiful cherry blossoms

March 27, 2016 1:07 pm

For the Western world, and Japan in the East, the blooming of cherry blossoms usually means Spring is here. Especially in Washington, where people step out to admire the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin.

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