🌸 Tourists and residents pack Tokyo's top cherry blossom spots to enjoy the full bloom that has arrived in the Japanese capital later than usual this year because of cold weather. Sakura season traditionally accompanies the beginning of the new fiscal year in Japan, representing fresh starts but also the fleeting impermanence of life. The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) declared on 4 April that the country's most common and popular "somei yoshino" variety of cherry tree was in full bloom,