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Cherry blossom festival near Fukushima plant

Fireworks light up the sky during a cherry blossom festival in Namie, a northeastern Japan town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 4, 2025. The festival was held for the first time in 15 years following the 2011 nuclear crisis.

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Cherry blossom festival near Fukushima plant

Fireworks light up the sky during a cherry blossom festival in Namie, a northeastern Japan town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 4, 2025. The festival was held for the first time in 15 years following the 2011 nuclear crisis.

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Tokyo's Imperial Palace blossom-viewing path opens

Photo taken on March 25, 2023, shows cherry blossoms on Inui Street within the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo, on the day the route opened to the public in the spring for the first time in four years.

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Tokyo's Imperial Palace blossom-viewing path opens

Visitors walk down Inui Street within the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo in the rain on March 25, 2023, the day the route opened to the public for cherry-blossom viewing for the first time in four years.

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Michelle Obama plants cherry tree

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (far R) plants a cherry tree in Washington on March 27, 2012, to celebrate the long-standing friendship between the United States and Japan as part of this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival marking the 100th anniversary of the gift to Washington of cherry trees from Tokyo.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors view cherry blossoms at the annual ''Cherry Blossom Viewing in Osaka'' event at the Finance Ministry's Osaka Mint Bureau on April 14, 2011, the first day of the event which runs through April 20.

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560-meter 'sakura' flower corridor in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People admire the ''sakura'' cherry blossoms along a path at the Japan Mint in Osaka on April 14, 2010, the first day of the annual ''sakura no torinuke'' (Cherry Blossom Viewing) event. A total of 354 trees stand along the 560-meter-long path.

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Cherry trees bloom in Izu

Cherry trees bloom at Kawazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday Feb. 4, the first day of spring under the lunar calendar when wide areas along the Japan Sea coast were hit by heavy snowfall. Kawazu, located in the southern part of Izu Peninsula, is known as the place to witness the season's first cherry blossom in mainland Japan.

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Cherry blossoms near disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant

A street lined with cherry blossom trees in the northeastern Japan town of Tomioka, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, fully opens to the general public for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear crisis, as a cherry blossom festival is held there ahead of the expected lifting of an evacuation order in the town in the spring of 2023.

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Cherry blossoms near disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant

A street lined with cherry blossom trees in the northeastern Japan town of Tomioka, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, fully opens to the general public for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear crisis, as a cherry blossom festival is held there ahead of the expected lifting of an evacuation order in the town in the spring of 2023.

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U.S. cherry blossom festival opens in Washington

The National Cherry Blossom Festival opens along the Potomac River in Washington on March 20, 2022. The annual spring festival returned to an in-person format for the first time in three years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

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U.S. cherry blossom festival opens in Washington

The National Cherry Blossom Festival opens along the Potomac River in Washington on March 20, 2022. The annual spring festival returned to an in-person format for the first time in three years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

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U.S. cherry blossom festival opens in Washington

Japanese Ambassador to the United States Koji Tomita speaks during the opening ceremony of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington on March 20, 2022. The annual spring festival returned to an in-person format for the first time in three years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

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U.S. cherry blossom festival opens in Washington

Photo taken on March 20, 2022, shows first lady Jill Biden speaking in a video message during the opening ceremony of the National Cherry Blossom Festival that opened in Washington the same day. The annual spring festival returned to an in-person format for the first time in three years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

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560-meter 'sakura' flower corridor in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People admire the ''sakura'' cherry blossoms along a path at the Japan Mint in Osaka on April 14, 2010, the first day of the annual ''sakura no torinuke'' (Cherry Blossom Viewing) event. A total of 354 trees stand along the 560-meter-long path. (Kyodo)

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors view cherry blossoms at the annual ''Cherry Blossom Viewing in Osaka'' event at the Finance Ministry's Osaka Mint Bureau on April 14, 2011, the first day of the event which runs through April 20. (Kyodo)

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Michelle Obama plants cherry tree

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (far R) plants a cherry tree in Washington on March 27, 2012, to celebrate the long-standing friendship between the United States and Japan as part of this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival marking the 100th anniversary of the gift to Washington of cherry trees from Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Rugby: Japan national team jerseys

Photo taken Aug. 23, 2019, at Kyoto's Shimogamo shrine shows the first jersey of Japan's national rugby team worn in 1930 with the cherry blossom emblem. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamaguchi institute produces Japanese sake from cherry blossoms

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Yamaguchi Prefectural Industrial Technology Institute in Ube has put on the market a brand of Japanese ''sake'' alcoholic drink made from cherry blossom yeast, the first of its kind to be sold in Japan and possibly in the world. The product, which can be brewed in an unusually short period of time, is also remarkable for emitting a sweet fruit-like scent. It will go on sale priced at 400 yen for 300 milliliters or 1,500 yen for 720 ml.

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Cherry trees bloom in Izu

Cherry trees bloom at Kawazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday Feb. 4, the first day of spring under the lunar calendar when wide areas along the Japan Sea coast were hit by heavy snowfall. Kawazu, located in the southern part of Izu Peninsula, is known as the place to witness the season's first cherry blossom in mainland Japan. ==Kyodo