When Will Japan’s Cherry Blossoms Bloom? A.I. Can Help Answer That NYT | Top Stories By: Javier C. Hernández, Kiuko Notoya, Hisako Ueno and Kentaro Takahashi 31 March 2026 at 15:07 Experts use artificial intelligence to analyze data, plus thousands of crowdsourced photos, to forecast the prized flowers, which are a multibillion-dollar attraction. Visitors gathered beneath cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo last week.