Most parts of the country are now in the freeze-dried depths of winter, with Hokkaido and some areas on the Sea of Japan coast thickly blanketed with snow.
But if there’s one subject that it’s never too early to broach — and plan for — it’s the next blooming of the cherry blossoms.
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