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Top five places to see cherry blossoms

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Brett Ackroyd

The Japanese love cherry blossoms so much they have a word dedicated to the act of appreciating them – hanami. Our featured image of Washington, D.C. is by Rob Shenk.

Here are the top five places in the world to indulge in some hanami.

Tokyo, Japan

Washington, D.C., United States

Seoul, South Korea

Himeji Castle, Japan

Jinhae, South Korea

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Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.