There is still beauty and softness to admire and walk under in Roihuvuori Cherry Tree Park in Helsinki. Tomorrow there will be a popular hanami festival here with lots of people, noise and program. I prefer a quiet day like this.

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A century after Collingwood Cherry Ingram helped preserve Japan's cherry trees, a new initiative inspired by him and Masatoshi Asari aims to plant sakura in Ukraine and support war victims through humanitarian aid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/01/japan/sakura-diplomacy-in-three-wars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #collingwoodingram #masatoshiasari #nicholasmellor #hokkaido #belgium #ukraine #uk #us #worldwari #worldwarii #someiyoshino #taihaku #matsumae #sakura #cherrytrees
‘Sakura diplomacy’: One tree, two men, three wars

Using cherry blossoms to salve war wounds is as important today as in 1926.

The Japan Times
While climate-change skeptics downplay the issue, earlier blooming cherry trees in Washington and Kyoto serve as visible indicators of the climate crisis, driven by global warming. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/28/world/cherry-blossoms-planet-indicators/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #climatechange #globalwarming #cherrytrees #fossilfuels #donaldtrump #oil #pollution
Cherry blossoms are proof of a planet going awry

It was the seventh consecutive year in which the trees flowered earlier than their 20-year average.

The Japan Times

If you are into the cherry blossom hype, you can go to OpenTrees.org and search for "Prunus" (case-sensitive) and amid the plums and morell cherry trees, you can find your nearest flowering cherry blossom trees in #Oslo for an upcoming spring stroll.

🌸 🌸 🌸 https://opentrees.org/#pos=12.64/59.92308/10.74 🌸 🌸 🌸

ℹ️ Data may be available for your local town or city too! If not, you can contribute data via @openstreetmap

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I very much dislike the climates they thrive in, but when the time of year is just right, and the sun hits them at just the right angle as they rustle in the wind, there's nothing else quite so lovely as cherry blossoms.

"A Burst of Spring", captured by me a few years back.

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Cherry blossoms in Kannenfeldpark Basel, 10 March 2026. #Basel #Switzerland #KannenfeldPark #CherryTrees #CherryBlossoms