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JAPAN<br />
Cherry Blossom<br />
From a barely-there flush to neon bright bubble-gum, Japan<br />
has countless varieties of sakura (cherry trees) in a thousand<br />
shades of pink. In Tokyo’s Ueno Park and Shinjuku Gyoen,<br />
friends congregate to clink glasses under rosy canopies;<br />
elsewhere, you’ll often find trees surrounding important<br />
cultural spots, such as castles. And while April is when<br />
they’re most famously blooming, flowers can be spotted<br />
as early as February in the country’s southern reaches. No<br />
worries, then, if you can’t make peak sakura season: come<br />
earlier — in February or <strong>March</strong> — when the equally beautiful,<br />
but lesser-known, plum blossoms are on show.<br />
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