How come we don't have a word for enjoying the beauty of flowers? We're not sure, but at least the Japanese do: hanami. The season's annual Hanami After Dark includes a lot of things at least equally ...

Japan’s cherry blossom peak has filled parks and heritage sites with locals and visitors enjoying hanami traditions, while Washington D.C.’s blooms have brought record-breaking crowds of photographers ...

Flowering cherry trees of the species yamazakura and edohigan varieties distributed across the Japanese archipelago gave rise to the culture of hanami flower-viewing, a rite of spring. With the wide ...

In Japan, cherry blossoms are prized for their fragility. They bloom brightly but quickly decay, their passing a ready-made metaphor for the transience of human existence. But digital flowers are ...