Cherry blossoms, or ‘sakura’, are Japan’s favourite flower and usually reach their peak in late March to early April.

Sakura have deeply influenced Japanese culture for centuries and have regularly been used in poetry and literature, with their fragility seen as a symbol of life, death and rebirth. The announcement ...

Sakura have deeply influenced Japanese culture for centuries and have regularly been used in poetry and literature, with ...

Nay, poetry smiling up the sky. Poet Yone Noguchi made history as the first Japanese-born writer to share ... that deliver a profound commentary on death and oppression. One of starkest images ...

Sakura have deeply influenced Japanese culture for centuries and have regularly been used in poetry and literature, with their fragility seen as a symbol of life, death and rebirth. Officials from ...

Sakura have deeply influenced Japanese culture for centuries and have regularly been used in poetry and literature, with their fragility seen as a symbol of life, death and rebirth. The ...

W hen Jacob Elordi was a teenager and an aspiring actor, he saw Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown and afterwards wrote the filmmaker’s ...

Sakura have deeply influenced Japanese culture for centuries and have regularly been used in poetry and literature, with their fragility seen as a symbol of life, death and rebirth. The ...