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Runners pass under full-bloom cherry trees on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - Amateur marathon runners pass under full-bloom early flowering cherry trees, called ''higan-zakura,'' on Amami-Oshima, a semi-tropical island in Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2010, during the Amami Cherry marathon race. Around 1,300 runners took part in the event.

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Early-blooming cherry in full blossom a month early

SHINGU, Japan - Higan zakura, an early blooming cherry, is in full blossom a month early this year in Taiji, a fishing town with a mild climate located in southern Kii Peninsula.

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Japan Day celebrated at Milan expo with Tohoku parade

Performers of Aizu Higan Shishimai, a unique type of lion dance from the northern Japan region of Tohoku, participate in an inaugural ceremony ahead of a parade to celebrate Japan Day at Expo Milano in Milan, Italy, on July 11, 2015. The Tohoku region was devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Early-blooming cherry in full blossom a month early

SHINGU, Japan - Higan zakura, an early blooming cherry, is in full blossom a month early this year in Taiji, a fishing town with a mild climate located in southern Kii Peninsula. (Kyodo)

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Disaster area grave

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman offers flowers at the grave of her family members, including one who died in the March 2011 tsunami, at a graveyard hit by the disaster in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 20, 2012. The day fell on the middle of ''higan,'' Japan's Buddhist period to pay homage to ancestors. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Runners pass under full-bloom cherry trees on Amami-

AMAMI, Japan - Amateur marathon runners pass under full-bloom early flowering cherry trees, called ''higan-zakura,'' on Amami-Oshima, a semi-tropical island in Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2010, during the Amami Cherry marathon race. Around 1,300 runners took part in the event. (Kyodo)

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Runners pass under full-bloom cherry trees on Amai-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - Amateur marathon runners pass under full-bloom early flowering cherry trees, called ''higan-zakura,'' on Amami-Oshima, a semi-tropical island in Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2010, during the Amami Cherry marathon race. Around 1,300 runners took part in the event. (Kyodo)

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Cherry blossoms in Yamagata

Photo taken April 20, 2019, shows Edo-higan cherry blossoms at Okitama Cherry Blossom Lane in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo