Cherry blossoms only last for a few days, so its flowering is watched carefully.
In different parts of the world, we are now admiring a natural phenomenon that lasts only a short moment: the blooming of cherry blossoms.
Japan Meteorological Institute told March 28 cherry blossoms have officially started in much of the country. The trees are in full bloom in the early days of April.
The flowering started this year clearly later than expected, says, among other things Japan Times. Cherries started blooming in Japan five days later than usual and more than two weeks later than last year.
Cherry blossoms are an important part of Japanese culture and viewing the blossoms, or the hanami party, is an important event that also brings a lot of tourists to the country.
The cherry blossoms are in their full glory for only a few days, so their progress is followed extremely closely in Japan. The schedule can be viewed, for example, from the country’s Meteorological Institute’s own cherry blossom application.
Cherry blossoms usually fall in March-April in Japan, but it can start as early as January and as late as May.
The flowering of cherry trees is also monitored in other parts of the world.
In Finland, the glory of cherry blossoms can only be admired later. Usually, the cherry blossoms here around May.
In Finland, the hanami party is celebrated, for example, in Helsinki’s Roihuvuori, where hundreds of cherry trees have been planted in Kirsikkapuisto. The hanami festival is celebrated there on May 11.