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Cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan have bloomed at their
date in 600 years. Researchers from Osaka University say blossoms in the
of Kyoto peaked on the 26th of March. The
record for Kyoto was set in 1409, when the
reached its peak on the 27th of March. Data on cherry blossoms blooming in Kyoto go back 1,200 years. As
back as the year 812, officials at Japan's imperial court in Kyoto wrote
on the blooms in documents and
. Japan experienced much warmer
in the first few months of this year. Meteorologists say this is because of
change. They say many plants are flowering and blossoming earlier than
because of global warming.
