For more than 1,200 years, Japanese noblemen, monks and bureaucrats have carefully recorded one of the most eagerly awaited days of the year — when cherry blossoms bloom in the ancient capital, Kyoto.

The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a search for a successor. By Hiroko Tabuchi For more than 1,200 years, Japanese ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Cherry blossom peak bloom may have come and gone, but as we celebrate America 250, you may notice a few smaller, newer trees around the Tidal Basin this season. That’s ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s spring in the nation’s capital as Washington D.C. witnessed peak bloom this week for thousands of cherry trees scattered across the capital. The National Park Service says peak ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - On March 27, 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of Japan’s ambassador to the U.S. planted the first two cherry trees in Washington, D.C. The more than 3,000 ...

The story behind Washington’s cherry trees is pretty fascinating. A few important people made it happen. Jokichi Takamine, a famous chemist, played a big role, and David Fairchild from the U.S.

Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossoms draw thousands of visitors to the Tidal Basin each spring, but in recent years the iconic blooms have been arriving earlier than expected. Dagomar Degroot, a ...

The nation's capital is looking pretty in pink this spring. Yoshino cherry trees are ushering in the start of the spring season in Washington, DC, after a particularly brutal winter, by reaching "peak ...