Tokyo declares cherry blossom season open (last Saturday)

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Tokyo declares cherry blossom season open

TOKYO (AFP) — Japanese authorities on Saturday declared the cherry blossom season open in Tokyo, with the blooming date getting earlier due to what some experts say is the effect of global warming.

Millions of Japanese wine and dine each year at parties under the cherry trees, whose delicate but short-lived blossoms have left centuries worth of poets pondering the ephemeral nature of beauty.

A meteorological agency official confirmed that more than 10 buds on a designated Somei-Yoshino cherry tree planted in the grounds of Yasukuni shrine, central Tokyo, came into bloom on Saturday morning.

The officially declared blooming date in the capital came earlier than average for the fourth consecutive year, according to the agency.

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1. we had pluots blooming on the last day of January

at this point, the pluots, plums, cherries, apples and pears have started blooming

I even have some early tomatoes with blossoms right now.
Its unusual