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One of my ambitions is to visit Japan again and, if at all possible, to go there in time for the Cherry-Blossom Festival in March. It is, alas, an ambition unlikely to be fulfilled unless our lottery numbers come up - though I live in hopes.
Cherry blossom time in Japan is something which exercises the attention of the entire Japanese nation. Millions will take to their cars and clog up country roads in the hope of seeing the cherry trees in their full splendour. Aficionados will admire the different types of blossom, their arrangement on the trees and also their setting.
For fifty years the Japanese Weather Agency has been forecasting where and when the trees will bloom and, more often than not, they have been proved wrong and forced to apologise for their error.
There’s not much difference then between the abilities of the Japanese Weather Agency and our own beloved Met Office!
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One of my ambitions is to visit Japan again and, if at all possible, to go there in time for the Cherry-Blossom Festival in March. It is, alas, an ambition unlikely to be fulfilled unless our lottery numbers come up - though I live in hopes.
Cherry blossom time in Japan is something which exercises the attention of the entire Japanese nation. Millions will take to their cars and clog up country roads in the hope of seeing the cherry trees in their full splendour. Aficionados will admire the different types of blossom, their arrangement on the trees and also their setting.
For fifty years the Japanese Weather Agency has been forecasting where and when the trees will bloom and, more often than not, they have been proved wrong and forced to apologise for their error.
There’s not much difference then between the abilities of the Japanese Weather Agency and our own beloved Met Office!
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