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$Cherry blossom is national flower of Japan and can be found everywhere during the cherry blossom season, whether in parks, gardens or just on the streets, which are very crowded by people doing hanami (cherry blossom viewing). \nThere are several hundred species of cherry blossoms in Japan with differences in colors, number of petals, timing of bloom, and size and shape of flowers. I uploaded here some of such species, including drooping cherry blossoms with strong pinkish color.$

Japanese Cherry Blossom trees against a blue sky.

Cherry bloosom, blooming cherry trees closeup view. Springtime, sakura tree flowers in Japan

Plum blossoms in full bloom in the clear blue sky

Extreme macro shot of beautiful Sakura (Japanese cherry blossom).

Wild cherry blossoms seen from the most famous observatory in Saga Prefecture

Plum blossom season starts in late January and lasts until March in Japan. In spite of severe cold climate, plum flowers are brave enough to start decorating bare branches of plum trees in our parks and gardens with red, pink and white blossoms, hinting to us that spring is around the corner, which is very encouraging to us Japanese who have endured cold winter with few flowers to please our eyes. They start blooming in cold weather, prior to the cherry blossom season.

Beautiful cherry blossom over blue cloudless sky

Backlit of Cherry blossoms in full bloom with shallow depth of field.

close up flower covered tree branches over sunny blue sky in spring time

[Izu Kogen] Cherry blossoms in full bloom against the blue sky.

Beautiful cherry blossom sakura in spring

This photo of Mt Fuji and cherry blossom was taken at Matsuda-yama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Matsuda-yama is beautiful place with cherry blossoms and rape flowers in full bloom in early spring. The species of this cherry blossom is called kawazu-zakura, which blooms in February and early March.

Close-up of a beautiful cherry tree in full bloom early in the morning.

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