Kyoto's mountain cherries reached full bloom on March 28, 1368 — day 88 of the year. Of the 838 years on record, the 8th earliest. From 812 to 1850 the average was April 15 (day 105.2). The 30 years to 1368 averaged day 106.6. Before modern weather records, the date comes from diaries and chronicles of flower-viewing parties at the imperial court, temples and shrines, gathered by Yasuyuki Aono. Data: Aono and Kazui (2008), Aono and Saito (2010), Katata (2026), via Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0). https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/date-of-the-peak-cherry-tree-blossom-in-kyoto