Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Get your cameras ready for the annual Hanami Flower Viewing in Mobile! This year’s event will kick off on March 23rd at the Mobile Japanese Garden. Visitors will have from 10am ...

For just a few weeks every spring, Japan celebrates an annual ritual known as hanami. In theory, it’s a simple pleasure: stopping to view and appreciate the beautiful spring blossoms, most commonly ...

TOKYO — Cherry blossoms began flowering in Tokyo on Tuesday, matching earliest-bloom records from 2020 and 2021, according to a government agency that started keeping track in 1953. And for the first ...

After a few years of underwhelming results, Chicago’s cherry blossoms are back in bloom. People from across Chicagoland flocked to Jackson Park over the weekend to see the pink and white trees in ...

SACRAMENTO -- The Hanami Line cherry blossom park is bringing the beauty of Japan to Sacramento. On Thursday, the Sacramento Tree Foundation broke ground for what will soon be 100 new trees, a ...

TOKYO -- In Japanese, “sakura” means cherry blossoms and “hanami” roughly translates to “flower viewing.” On my fourth visit to Japan - my daughter lives there - I planned the trip around the annual ...

It’s as Japanese as samurai, bullet trains and anime cartoons. One can even argue that there’s no more enduring symbol that captures Japanese culture than the “sakura” or cherry blossom. Yes, you have ...

Saratoga’s historic Hakone Estate and Gardens is hosting “Hanami at Hakone” — special nighttime viewing of cherry blossoms. As evening descended on the gardens, visitors used their cameras and cell ...