{"id":80802,"date":"2015-01-27T18:15:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T09:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=58340"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:47:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:47:34","slug":"cherry-blossom-in-bloom-on-march-22-in-fukuoka-forecast","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/cherry-blossom-in-bloom-on-march-22-in-fukuoka-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Blossoms To Bloom On March 22 In Fukuoka &#8211; Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weather data company Weather Map released its annual sakura (cherry blossom) forecast on Friday, Jan. 23. The forecast predicts somei yoshino, the most popular type of cherry blossom in Japan, to begin blooming on Mar. 21 in Kochi City, Shikoku and Mar. 22 in Fukuoka City\u2014with respective full blooms for these cities on Mar. 29 and 31. According to Weather Map, sakura will begin blooming along the Pacific Coast of western Japan, followed by the entire island of Kyushu between Mar 22 and 25. Most cities can expect normal or slightly earlier than usual blooms, but it may feel later since last year\u2019s sakura season started relatively early. The first bloom and full bloom dates for other Kyushu cities are as follows: Oita: 3\/24 (4\/2); Nagasaki: 3\/23 (4\/1); Saga: 3\/25 (4\/2); Kumamoto: 3\/22 (3\/31);  Miyazaki: 3\/22 (3\/31); Kagoshima: 3\/25 (4\/2) <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sakura_front_600x450.png?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"sakura_front_600x450\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sakura_front_600x450.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sakura_front_600x450.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 1\/24 &#038; http:\/\/sakura.weathermap.jp\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather data company Weather Map released its annual sakura (cherry blossom) forecast on Friday, Jan. 23. The forecast predicts somei yoshino, the most popular type of cherry blossom in Japan, to begin blooming on Mar. 21 in Kochi City, Shikoku and Mar. 22 in Fukuoka City\u2014with respective full blooms for these cities on Mar. 29 and 31. According to Weather Map, sakura will begin blooming along the Pacific Coast of western Japan, followed by the entire island of Kyushu between Mar 22 and 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-80802","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-environment","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/80802","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}