Gradually, pale pink flowers begin to bloom and birds such as white-eyes flock there. As the trees approach full bloom, people stop under them to take pictures. A cherry blossom festival is held ...

The flower buds on North Park’s Japanese cherry trees began to swell in late March, and an event to take in their short-lived beauty is scheduled for the first Saturday in April. The Pittsburgh Sakura ...

But somewhere deep in my brain, I saw images of the “spirit of sakura” being distilled and coursing inside the trunks. The fact that a story about cherry trees I’d read in my school textbook ...