デイヴ on Nostr: A striking visualisation of #[0]: the date of Kyoto cherry blossoms' reaching full ...
A striking visualisation of npub1fa47qgvu2ce67r5adfth2nx342duw02dupmvgtw8akd8lv2m2ydsgsnn76 (npub1fa4…nn76): the date of Kyoto cherry blossoms' reaching full bloom, plotted over the past 1000 years.
Thanks to the cultural significance of cherry blossoms in Japan, we have data on the specific day of the year when a very particular species of cherry blossom (P. jamasakura) reached "full-flowering" (満開) in a specific area on the outskirts of Kyoto (Arashiyama), all the way back to 800 AD.
The trend of the past 50 years is hard to miss…
Thanks to the cultural significance of cherry blossoms in Japan, we have data on the specific day of the year when a very particular species of cherry blossom (P. jamasakura) reached "full-flowering" (満開) in a specific area on the outskirts of Kyoto (Arashiyama), all the way back to 800 AD.
The trend of the past 50 years is hard to miss…