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2024 Flower cloudy Okawabata "CHERRY BLOSSOM CRUISE"

 2024 Flower cloudy Okawabata

 On April 4, the Japan Meteorological Agency staff visually confirmed that more than 80% of the flowers were in bloom at a specimen tree in Yoshino cherry tree on the precincts of Yasukuni Shrine. It was reported that the cherry blossoms were in full bloom in central Tokyo.  You say 4 days later than normal and 13 days later than last year.         The full bloom in April was the first time in seven years since 2017, and in recent years it was the slowest in full bloom after 2011 and 2012, which were in full bloom on April 6.  Nevertheless, among the observation points in the Kanto region, the city center seems to have reached full bloom the earliest.                        On this day, the weather in the city center is "Flower cloudy". Although there was no solar radiation, the maximum temperature rose to 19.9 ° C, which is about 2 ° C higher than normal, and it was as cheerful as mid-April.                       In recent years, in addition to the possibility that dormant could not be overcome in the warm winter, due to the return of cold and unseasonable weather, etc., it has not been able to bloom at once even after flowering, and it seems that there are many so-called "mottled blooming" tendency . The view that blooms all over the blue sky is regarded as a haze or cloud in the distance, and is called "Hana Kasumi" and "Flower Clouds", and it is a spring tradition, but this year it is not blessed with sunlight after flowering, and the row of cherry trees along the Sumida River in Ishikawajima Park It is an impression that lacks vividness. On the Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association Waterside Line Deck, you can see how you enjoy the spring scenery while blowing in the river breeze.