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Departed souls white magnolias The warming climate coaxed the arrival of a cherry blossom on March 26 in Kyoto. That is the earliest ever recorded since 1409. The date of the first Japanese cherry blossom to appear at Jisho Shrine, Kiyomizu Temple, in Kyoto has been tracked for 732 times since the year 812. This long and complete seasonal record serves as proxy evidence that phenologists use to study seasons and that haikuists can use to compare traditional and modern haiku. Subir Ningthouja awaited news of the cherry tree that is faithfully measured at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Yasukuni shri...

under the trees and bamboo enough for the birds Tsanka Shishkova’s uphill climb was fruitful, leading her to write this line: the scent of spring plums on the hill. Stephen Toft wrote this one-liner about whispering to cattle in Lancaster, U.K.: spring blossom i sing to the bull. Wade German made a pilgrimage in Delta, British Columbia. spring snow... to master’s shrine Vladislav Hristov bowed under an old, bent evergreen in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Realizing that Jesus of Nazareth may have been crucified on a cross made from the yew tree, Mario Massimo Zontini counted his blessings in Parma, I...

Early Sunday morning, Suga reassured the public that

Aerial footage taken on Feb. 14 shows landslides and other damage caused by the earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture. (Masahiko Endo) More than 100 people were injured in a magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck on Feb. 13 in the same Tohoku region that was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami 10 years ago. As of 9 a.m. on Feb. 14, at least 102 people in seven prefectures, including Fukushima and Miyagi, were confirmed to have been injured in the quake that occurred the previous night, triggering widespread blackouts, local authorities said. No deaths wer...

1. Tsugaru Railway's "Stove Train" (Aomori) True to its interesting name, the carriages of Tsugaru Railway's "stove trains" are heated with "daruma stoves," a nostalgic relic from Japan's past. These traditional space heaters rely on the burning of coal to perform their function, and the stove trains only run during the winterseason in Aomori Prefecture. Stove trains were first deployed in 1930, and the trains currently running are fourth-generation ones! Still, the train decor sticks to its traditional roots, with floors and seats all fashioned from wood. What really gives you that v...