A cherry blossom festival is attracting people to a mountain in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, ahead of other places in ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.

Mount Yaedake, in the northern region of Okinawa Island, is famous for its Ryukyu Kanhi-zakura cherry blossoms. The blooming season provides beautiful scenery with a gradation of pink shades. Photo: ...

If you’re chasing the earliest cherry blossoms in Japan, Kawazu should be at the top of your list. This charming town in the ...

People in Okinawa's Nago City held their first Sakura Festival in three years after a pause due to the pandemic. The annual cherry-blossom spectacle takes place in late January at Nangusuku Park ...

The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its ...

Japan's annual cherry blossom blooms are legendary, so you want to schedule your trip for the best time and place to ...

In that case, you'll want to plan your trip carefully, since the best time to visit Japan depends entirely on what you want to do there. To avoid the crowds, arrive during the less popular rainy ...

Hikanzakura in Yaedake, Motobu Town, Okinawa Prefecture. Famous for the earliest blooming in Japan. The green contrast of fern is beautiful on the cherry blossoms in full bloom Spring in Okinawa with ...

Waiting patiently for this year’s spring cherry blossoms to appear? You can get a glimpse of spring long before the season rolls around. In Japan, you’ll find beautiful varieties of winter ...

The roads now are famed as a cherry blossom viewing spot ... In April 1945, the U.S. military started landing on Okinawa’s main island. Kamikaze departed from many locations in Kyushu, aimed ...