Sakura season in Tokyo

Tokyo cherry blossoms

A selection of our favourite cherry blossom pictures from spring 2016 in Tokyo. Here cherry blossoms are illuminated at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Japan, March 30, 2016. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/AFLO)

Somei-Yoshino, the most popular variety of cherry blossom in Japan

Pale pink cherry blossoms are almost in full bloom at a Tokyo cemetery in Somei on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Somei-Yoshino, the most popular variety of cherry blossom in Japan, was born by cross-breeding a cherry tree grown in Somei in Tokyo and a tree grown in Yoshino in Nara prefecture, western Japan, and has spread through the country since the late-19th century. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Hanami or cherry blossom viewing parties in Ueno Park in Tokyo

Cherry blossoms almost in full bloom draw a flock of revelers to Ueno Park on Thursday, March 31, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Cherry blossoms viewing, once an elegant national pastime in ancient Japan, is today a perfect excuse to skip work for partying. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Hanami or cherry blossom viewing parties in Ueno Park in Tokyo

Another picture from Ueno Park. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Yoyogi Park in Tokyo

A man strolling through Yoyogi Park is seen through cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan, March 29, 2016. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/AFLO)

Tokyo cherry blossoms

Illuminated cherry blossoms move in the wind in front of a heart shaped public art displayed at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Japan, March 30, 2016. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/AFLO)

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