Japanese cherry blossom in full bloom – in pictures
Japan’s sakura (cherry blossom) season has officially begun, with crowds flocking to parks to photograph the early blooms
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Boats on the water of Chidorigafuchi moat in Tokyo
Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA
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Friends photograph the blooms in Tokyo
Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty
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Visitors take photos under illuminated cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo
Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters
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A young girl sits on Dad’s shoulders amid the blossom in Tokyo
Photograph: Paul Brown/Rex/Shutterstock
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Rowing under the trees in Tokyo
Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty
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People gaze from a bridge over the Meguro River in Tokyo
Photograph: Paul Brown/Rex/Shutterstock
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Trees at night outside the National Theatre of Japan in Tokyo
Photograph: Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images
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Taking a close look at the cherry blossoms in Tokyo
Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty
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People enjoy a scenic rowing trip in Tokyo
Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty
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A tree beside the five-storey pagoda at Sensō-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo
Photograph: Paul Brown/Rex/Shutterstock
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Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko admire the blossoms at Kyoto Gyoen national garden in Kyoto
Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images
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A tram crosses a bridge over the Kanda river in Tokyo
Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA
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Blossom on the Meguro river in Tokyo
Photograph: Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images
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Zhongshan botanical garden in Nanjing, China
Photograph: Su Yang/VCG via Getty Images
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Surrounded by blossoms in Tokyo
Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters
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A closeup of cherry blossoms
Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA
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