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Cherry blossoms on Mt Yoshino reach peak bloom, 30,000 sakura trees

Cherry blossoms on Mt Yoshino reach peak bloom, 30,000 sakura trees

A photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Friday shows Mount Yoshino covered with cherry blossoms in full bloom in Nara prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo photo)

NARA, Japan: Cherry blossoms covering Mount Yoshino, renowned for its 30,000 sakura trees of 200 varieties, in the western Japan prefecture of Nara reached their peak blooms on Friday, 10 days earlier than usual.

This year was also marked by fewer visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic, with disinfection booths set up in nearby train…

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