Crowds gather to watch cherry blossoms at peak bloom in Tokyo

TOKYO (AP) — Crowds gathered Friday successful Tokyo to bask Japan’s famed cherry blossoms, which are blooming later than expected successful nan superior because of acold weather.

Cherry blossoms, known arsenic “sakura” successful Japanese, are nan nation’s favourite flower, and group often person sakura viewing parties beneath nan falling pedals. There are picnics and liking drinking.

The trees usually are astatine highest bloom successful precocious March to early April. That’s nan aforesaid clip nan state originates a caller schoolhouse and business year.