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So gorgeous! So depressing! The cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan hit their peak bloom last week the earliest date recorded in official records and, some say, the earliest date of bloom for the trees in more than 1,200 years. And climate change definitely has a hand in the trees’ early beauty show.