In addition, red, white and pink plum blossoms are also blooming at Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, Koshoji Temple and Kandaijin Shrine. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the ...

A budding plum blossom, photographed on Feb. 15 in Futtsu, in Chiba Prefecture, during one of the 72 microseasons that mark the traditional Japanese calendar: this period, between Feb. 14 and 18 ...

Weeping plum blossoms burst into full bloom in the warmth of early spring and can usually be viewed for most of March. The half-florescent plum blossoms are a seasonal attraction across Japan.

KYOTO—Geisha served tea beneath a cloud of pink petals at Kitano Tenmangu shrine’s plum blossom festival, which commemorates the virtues of the shrine’s deity, on Feb. 25. The shrine ...

The plum blossoms are expected to reach full bloom within a week, according to the local tourism officials.