On the afternoon of the 14th, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that "cherry blossoms in Tokyo were the first to bloom in Japan."
It is 10 days earlier than normal, and it is the earliest flowering since we started collecting statistics, along with 2020 and 2021.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the Tokyo area was cloudy in the morning on the 14th, but the blue sky gradually spread.
A person in charge of the Japan Meteorological Agency visited Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo around 2:00 p.m. ” announced.
Tokyo's cherry blossoms were announced 6 days earlier than last year and 10 days earlier than normal, making it the earliest since statistics began to be collected in 1953, along with 2020 and 2021.
Regarding the reason for the early flowering, Yoshiro Kobayashi, head of the ground meteorological observation team at the Tokyo Regional Meteorological Observatory, said, "We've had a series of warm days this month. I think global warming is also a factor. So the flowers are blooming smoothly," he said.
After this, regarding the full bloom of cherry blossoms in Tokyo, ▽ Private weather company "Weather Map"
predicts that it will be
one week later, on the 21st of this month, and ▽ The Japan Weather Association is forecasting that it will be 10 days later, on the 24th of this month.