The season began in Tokyo on Monday, while Nagasaki, Kochi and other prefectures have also reported their first sakura blossoms.
This year’s cherry blossom season in Tokyo has begun, but sands originating from deserts in China may obscure idyllic views of flowers blooming on cherry trees across Japan.
At least six blossoms had flowered on a cherry tree in Tokyo earmarked to signal the start of the season, the Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed on Monday afternoon, according to local media reports.
