From northern Yokohama, Japan

Selected photos of plum blossoms ushering in the season of spring.

A park in Yugawara, Kanagawa prefecture on March 13, 2025. There are more than 4,000 plum trees at the park.

At Higashi-gyoen, the East Garden of the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, March 18, 2012

At Jyokei-ji, a Buddhist temple, in the northern part of Kawasaki city, February 17, 2011

At Yakushi-ike park in Machida city, February 28, 2010

In the outskirts of Odawara city, February 7, 2009