Cherry blossoms in Kyoto, full bloom data that remains from 1200 years ago, and ancient documents suggest global warming: Asahi Shimbun

In 812 during the Heian period, Emperor Saga held a “flower feast (often) in Japanese style (often) heavy (shiki) and a hundred flowers bloom” (a soft wind often blows, and many cherry blossom petals are blooming), at Shinsenen in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto...