a chapter to the cherry-blossom festival staged in the emperor’s great hall. Diarists have keenly chronicled the comings and goings of cherry blossoms for centuries—records from Kyoto, the old capital, date back 1,200 years. This precious, ancient data set reveals a disturbing trend: in recent decades, the blossoms have emerged much sooner than they once did.
Visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of the blossoms in all their splendour will now have to wait another year. Kyoto’s hotels are often fully booked six months in advance of season. Still, should you wish to celebrate from afar, we would suggest Motojiro Kajii’s delightful, oft-quoted poem “Under the Cherry Blossoms”, which begins with the less-than-cheeryAn earlier version of this chart depicted cherry blossoms with six petals rather than five. This has been amended.
Almost like the planet may be warming Why hasn’t anyone mentioned this before?
Do they bloom earlier when it is warmer? I guess realDonaldTrump thinks the Chinese are paying them to bloom early to dupe us...
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Ohh so they want us to believe since 800 AD someone is sitting & keeping a record of peak Cherry Blossom date😲 I would dismiss this as data-gather reliability issue😈
Just add it to the long list of evidence for climate change.
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