February 2025

CICC TOKYO DAYORI vol.100

February 3 is the first day of spring, according to the old-styleJapanese calendar.In fact, it is cold today far from spring. But Okamezakura, early-blooming cherry trees or SAKURA are preparingtheir buds and begins to bloom from the end of February to the beginningof March near my office in Tokyo. There are many varieties of cherrytrees, and the most famous cherry tree in Japan is the Somei-yoshino.They usually begin booming in late March. According to the cherry blossom Somei-yoshino forecast for 2025announced by a weather information service company at the end ofJanuary, blooming will begin in Tokyo on March 21, followed by Fukuoka,Kochi, Hiroshima, and Yokohama on March 22. After that, […]