The beautiful Akebono cherry trees are in bloom at Burrard skytrain station.
The trees will be in bloom for another 7-10 days.
Lots of benches for a quick hanami lunch, but expect a lot of activities and photographers.
When Akebono start blooming, you can see one of their main characteristics: some Akebono cherry blossoms have a sixth incomplete petal growing. This petaloid will fall a bit later, that’s why it’s important to visit the trees early if you want to identify them as Akebono (as opposed to Somei-Yoshino).
Burrard skytrain is one of our favorite locations Downtown. Because the trees are blooming earlier this year, we’ve added cherry talk and walk (Downtown and Stanley park) on Saturday March 14 2015 2-4pm