Sunday, March 29, 2015

Japanese Sakura(Cherry Blossoms)Front Forecasts


Finally, cherry blossoms started to bloom in Tokyo area! 

Japanese people are checking it and report it from really early stage like the photo on the left, and people keep talking “now it’s 10% blooming(Ichibu-zaki)”, “now it’s 30% blooming(Sanbu-zaki)”…until the full blooming(Mankai) or even later.

It’s not only for a small talk, Japanese weather forecasts are officially reporting and forecasting the Sakura blooming every year as in the two photos on the right.


As you can see Japanese islands extend vertically, cherry blossoms start to bloom from the south region to the north gradually (it takes time and people even can travel with it), so people call it “The Cherry Blossom Front(Sakura Zensen)” as if it is one of the weather phenomena.


According to the “Sakura Forecast” on March 26th, it will come into full bloom in Tokyo area on March 31st this year.


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