Cherry blossoms out in Tokyo already
6th February, 2007 by stuart
Cherry blossom season looks like it’s going to hit Tokyo a month earlier than usual, as the Sakura in Ueno Park have begun to blossom already. This is apparently down to the unusually warm winter in Tokyo this year; the city is experiencing temperatures 2-4 degrees warmer than the norm for this time of year.
February 28th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
[…] The Japan Meteorological Agency has announced that no snowfall was recorded in Tokyo this winter (officially December to February). This is the first time this has happened since 1876! It has been put down to the unusually warm winter Tokyo has experienced this year, which we also mentioned affecting the sakura. […]