The crocuses, you know, and the daffodils and the tulips.

And perhaps some daffodils.

And these are our Thai tulips.

I'd like you to now experience the blossoming of a speech form.

They're wearing sarongs and hibiscus blossoms in their hair.

We even have flowers in the hallway, and they're not plastic.

You don't need a task force or a study group to buy flowers for your kids.

Well, I went out and decided to reproduce my experience with other kids in the neighborhood, the theory being if you get kids flowers and you give them food and you give them sunshine and enthusiasm, you can bring them right back to life.

Well, I went out and decided to reproduce my experience with other kids in the neighborhood, the theory being if you get kids flowers and you give them food and you give them sunshine and enthusiasm, you can bring them right back to life.

When you think of springtime in Japan, the first thing that comes to mind is iconic clouds of cotton candy pink blossoms, known as sakura (桜) in Japanese. The flowers bloom earliest in Japan's southwest, advancing north and eastward across the archipelago in what is known as the cherry blossom front or sakura zensen (桜前線).