At more than 1,000 years old, this Japanese cherry tree has lived through wars, famines and disasters. Last week, it started blooming again. 'The tree is a reminder that nature is strong,' one resident says. 'Nature can get through anything.'
The ancient Takizakura cherry tree, in Miharu, Japan, in March, just days before bursting into bloom. A pathway for tourists at the base of the tree will see less use this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic.The ancient Takizakura cherry tree, in Miharu, Japan, in March, just days before bursting into bloom. A pathway for tourists at the base of the tree will see less use this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Old photographs pinned to the home of one of the tree's neighbors show the Takizakura in full bloom in previous years.Old photographs pinned to the home of one of the tree's neighbors show the Takizakura in full bloom in previous years.took place in 2011 near this part of northeastern Japan's Fukushima prefecture, and tourists had only recently started to return. In the last couple of years, they'd been coming to see the Takizakura in the hundreds of thousands.
Fusayuki Hashimoto, 72, stood nearby, looking up at the tree. He lives just down the street, and runs a small stall selling souvenirs and sprouts from the tree. This year, he was told not to open his stall. And he's hoping visitors stay away. Their older girl is nine, and they brought her here as a baby, Kazue and Kenjiro Otomo said, right after the nuclear disaster. They were moving to another prefecture and wanted to say goodbye to the tree one last time.
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