Kyoto's mountain cherries reached full bloom on April 23, 1696 — day 114 of the year. Of the 838 years on record, the 52nd latest. From 812 to 1850 the average was April 15 (day 105.2). The 30 years to 1696 averaged day 107.9. 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