For 16 generations, master gardeners in this one family have dedicated their lives to preserving one of the nation's most ...

HADANO, Kanagawa -- Production of salted multilayered cherry blossoms, known as "sakura-zuke" (pickled cherry blossoms), has reached its peak in this eastern Japan city. Hadano is one of Japan's ...

Alamy Japanese people have admired sakura's delicate petals for more than ... cherry in Maruyama Park have Tōemon to thank, as the city asks him to care for the tree throughout the year.