Flowering sakura

A girl walking near blossoming sakura, in Uzhgorod, on Monday, April 13, 2009. According to data of tourism department of Uzhgorod National University and the tourist-information center of Zakarpattya it is expected that 15 thousand tourists will visit Uzhgorod during the period when a cherry tree is in blossom. Japanese cherry trees were taken to Uzhgorod at the beginning of the 19th century. A Japanese cherry tree is a visiting card of the city. Photo by Yanosh Nemesh/UNIAN