Japan's cherry blossom database, 1,200 years old, has a new keeper
by caycep on 4/17/2026, 11:22:38 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/climate/japan-cherry-blossom-database-scientist.html
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by: brainless
Unlocked article (found on Reddit): <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/climate/japan-cherry-blossom-database-scientist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b1A.ydPu.8Uwqtj1EcWp1" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/climate/japan-cherry-blos...</a><p>Data points: <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/date-of-the-peak-cherry-tree-blossom-in-kyoto" rel="nofollow">https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/date-of-the-peak-cherry-t...</a>
4/21/2026, 2:34:55 AM
by: hbarka
> Initially, they didn’t have much luck. No other researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University, where Prof. Aono worked, would be taking over his record-keeping, Hiroko Nishino, a university spokeswoman, wrote in an email.<p>I’m surprised that there was lackluster response. For this kind of honor, you would think that there would be a flood of responses. I am attributing it to bad marketing.
4/21/2026, 2:02:21 AM
by: epolanski
Japan's cherry blossom truly are wonderful, but I'm not gonna lie, I've seen as beautiful elsewhere, especially in central Europe, Poland especially.
4/21/2026, 7:35:11 AM
by: aaron695
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4/21/2026, 8:43:34 AM
by: renewiltord
You're supposed to keep an apprentice, man!
4/21/2026, 3:27:54 AM