One of the most famous cherry blossom spots in the Kansai region of western Japan, Osaka Castle Park is home to about 3,000 cherry trees. This year the trees were in full bloom on April 6 ...

OSAKA—Osaka’s cherry blossom season officially started on March ... blossoms had opened on a Somei-Yoshino cherry tree at Osaka Castle Park that has been used to gauge the start of the sakura ...

This year, just like last, the structure will be designed and built by Osaka-based ... pitched as a "castle keep of spring" and will be limited to the end of the cherry blossom season.