The Japan Meteorological Agency, meanwhile, made its first error in predicting when the nation's cherry trees would begin blossoming. The agency has long held a reputation for near supernatural accuracy with these predictions, but this year the first blossoms were over a week later than official predictions, resulting in profuse apologies to the public from officials.
在日本，預報櫻花開花時間一向神準的日本氣象廳，今年春天首度擺了烏龍，最早的櫻花綻放時間比官方預測版本遲了超過一周，氣象廳官員也破天荒向社會大眾道歉。