Cherry blossoms are usually a symbol of spring, but a group in northeastern Japan has been studying ways to delay the blooms by several months to showcase the flowers at the opening ceremonies of next summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.Based in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, the group consisting of people from a local nonprofit group, the city and prefectural governments among others, has been utilizing a snow-filled storage facility to adjust when the local "keio-zakura" variety blooms.They launched the project in 2017 to display the blossoms at the Tokyo Games and have improved their…READ FULL ARTICLE
