The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, one of the state’s largest celebrations of Asian traditions, kicked off over the weekend in a temporary home in San Francisco’s Japantown. The hub of ...

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Washington, D.C.'s iconic cherry blossoms reached the 2025 peak bloom on Friday, March 28, the National Park Service said, about a week after the city kicked off its annual Cherry Blossom Festival.

Cherry blossom season is in full swing in Washington, D.C., with the trees reaching peak bloom on Friday, according to the National Park Service. Originally a gift from Japan to the United States ...

The announcement was four days earlier than last year. The observatory found five or six flowers at Kumagaya Sakura Tsutsumi, a famous cherry blossom viewing spot along the Arakawa River in the city.

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Japan’s 2025 cherry blossom season kicked off on March 23 with the first blooms in the cities of Kōchi and Kumamoto. Tokyo soon followed on March 24. See below for details on the sakura status ...