Spring officially arrived on Saturday in Tokyo, after the Japanese meteorological agency decreed that the cherry trees were in bloom.
The experts of the agency, who study the cherry trees of the temple of Yasukuni, verified that the first flowers had hatched, nine days before the usual date.
For two weeks, the flowering season of the cherry trees fills the streets, the courtyards of the schools and the pink and white temples, marking the arrival of spring.
Gentle temperatures in late February and early March accelerated the blossoming of flower buds, an official with the meteorological agency told reporters at the Yasukuni temple in downtown Tokyo.
The official arrival of spring in the capital was on the cover of the Japanese media, and weather forecasting companies multiplied forecasts for the other major cities of the country.
In Tokyo, the bloom will reach its peak in a week and will lead to a multitude of encounters, sometimes with abundant alcohol, among families, friends and work colleagues in the city parks.