Kyoto's mountain cherries reached full bloom on March 25, 2023 — day 84 of the year. The earliest on record at the time — before it, 2021's March 26. Of the 838 years on record, the earliest. From 812 to 1850 the average was April 15 (day 105.2). The 30 years to 2023 averaged day 95.0. 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