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　This year, ahead of the rest of the country in Tokyo, the “Sakura Flowering Declaration” was announced on March 14, the fastest observation history, and the “Sakura Full Blooming Declaration” was announced on March 22, but since then, the cold has returned, and the Yoshino cherry tree in the neighborhood of Chuo-ku did not bloom all at once.　　　　　　　　It seems that the cause is that there is a possibility that the dormancy could not be overcome firmly in the warm winter, and that the flowering did not progress at once due to the unseasonal low-temperature days continued after flowering.

This year's cherry blossom viewing season has changed the appearance of the city due to the spread of infection in COVID-19. A weekend for avoiding the three keywords of closed, dense, and close contact, refraining from cherry blossom viewing, and refraining from unnecessary and urgent outings of Tokyo residents and refraining from coming and going to Tokyo began, and while there were few traffic and quiet, the streets of Tokyo Station Yaesu Exit to Kayabacho The 170 rows of cherry blossom trees in Nihonbashi Sakura-dori St. leading up to the streets of Kayabacho overlap as usual.