{"id":139132,"date":"2021-03-09T17:49:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T08:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=139132&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-03-09T17:51:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T08:51:02","slug":"fukuoka-to-see-earliest-cherry-tree-blossoms-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-to-see-earliest-cherry-tree-blossoms-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka To See Earliest Cherry Tree Blossoms in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka is predicted to enjoy the earliest first blooms of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sakura <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">season in all of Japan. Weather forecasters announced that cherry blossom trees in the prefecture would bloom as early as Mar. 12 and become full bloom by Mar. 21. Early than normal cherry blossoms are forecasted in other regions, including Nagasaki, thanks to the warmer weather in February. Also &#8211; be sure to check-out Fukuoka Now\u2019s guide to some of the best places to view blossoms <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/fukuoka-sakura-and-ohanami-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/fukuoka-sakura-and-ohanami-guide\/<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/sakura.weathermap.jp\/sp\/point.php?city=Fukuoka\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sakura Weather Map<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20210304\/k10012897491000.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-130442\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-acros-tenjin-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-acros-tenjin-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-acros-tenjin-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-acros-tenjin-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-acros-tenjin-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Disclaimer<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. These are mostly summaries of publicly posted news from the Japanese media. Errors might occur during translation, those are ours. Images are sourced separately and are for illustrative purposes only. Use<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/contact\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback. Please share links to this page, it helps us.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More Kyushu news on<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FukuokaNow\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fukuokanews\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fukuokanow\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka is predicted to enjoy the earliest first blooms of the sakura season in all of Japan. Weather forecasters announced that cherry blossom trees in the prefecture would bloom as early as Mar. 13 and become full bloom by Mar. 22. Early than normal cherry blossoms are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":130442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-139132","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/139132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}