Sano himself is the 16th-generation owner. After the blossoms fall, the sakura tree becomes cloaked in lush, young green leaves. And upon surviving the heat of summer, the leaves turn yellow and ...

Cherry blossoms have been spotted in parts of Tokyo this autumn Some of Japan's famed cherry blossoms, also known as sakura ... this scale," Hiroyuki Wada, a tree doctor at the Flower Association ...