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    Where to see cherry blossoms in Asia

    For a few glorious weeks, cherry blossoms transform urban and rural landscapes across Asia. Here’s where you can experience cherry blossom festivals this spring
    By Andrea Lo, Vanessa Kwok / 17 Feb 2020 / 6 minute(s) read
    The pink branches of a cherry blossom tree block a multi-storey temple from view.
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    Cherry blossoms, or sakura in Japanese, line an elevated path in Japan, where both older and newer buildings can be seen in the distance.

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    Sakura branches reach over roadsides, extending over a canal full of moored boats in Japan as the sun sets in the horizon.

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    N Seoul Tower, in the distance, seems to pierce through a canopy of cherry blossom trees into a blue sky.

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    Lineups of people form in front of a train resting unused under the shelter of a long stretch of cherry blossoms in South Korea.

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    Paths diverge through a grove of deep pink cherry blossoms and other trees on a hillside in Taichung.

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    The annual Sakura festival at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay showcases a red torii gate among a garden of sakura and other plants.

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    A gentle hillside in Da Lat, Vietnam is blanketed with pink cherry blossoms during the blooming season, which can start as early as January.

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    Trees flowering with cherry blossoms reach towards a cable car high up in the sky at HKIA Cherry Blossom Garden in Hong Kong.

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