People Enjoy Cherry Blossoms In Japan

YOSHINO, JAPAN - APRIL 03: Visitors walk under cherry blossom trees as they visit Mount Yoshino on April 3, 2018 in Yoshino, Japan. The town of Yoshino in Nara Prefecture has become famous throughout Japan for the thousands of cherry trees that blossom in the spring covering the slopes of Mount Yoshino and nearby hillsides. The cherry blossom is deeply symbolic in Japan, it only lasts for around one week and marks the beginning of spring. It draws millions of visitors to picturesque blossom sites around the country and is mapped by meteorological agencies as the blossom spreads north from Okinawa with the warmer spring weather. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)