Akita Prefecture's Semboku City is known for its weeping cherry blossom trees. The contrast between the black walls of the samurai-era villas in the Kakunodate district of the city and the white ...

KYOTO—An ume blossom that sprouted at the Kitano Tenmangu shrine here in early March is a world first that bloomed on a cloned Japanese apricot tree using tissue culture technology. The dark ...