As an architect, he is used to working closely with wood, and cherry blossom trees have always been a symbol of the town. Endou Kazuyoshi says his baumkuchen resemble the rings of a tree.

TOMIOKA, Fukushima Prefecture--The entire “sakura tunnel” formed by cherry trees here was open to visitors for the first time since the nuclear disaster unfolded nearby in 2011. The crowds of ...

By Esha Chaudhuri  As the Shillong skyline is dotted with pink with just the right amount of nip in the air, a sense of ...

There, around 500 mountain cherry blossom trees line a 1.5-kilometer slope leading to the gate of Shinpukuin temple of the Shingon Buddhism sect. An old traditional Japanese house with a ...

1. Cherry trees belong to the rose family of flowering plants, Rosaceae, which includes roses, apples, pears, almonds, quinces, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches ...