This stunning sight of cherry blossoms brought traffic to a standstill after it bloomed along a street in central Tokyo.

The breathtaking scene attracted thousands of tourists after the cherry blossom, known in Japanese as sakura, appeared on a busy road opposite a major train station in the Japanese capital.

Cars were forced to wait as onlookers converged on Yaesu Sakura Dori (Yaesu Sakura Street) road to take selfies and admire the beautiful natural phenomenon on March 31.

The cherry blossom comes from the Japanese cherry tree and attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.

This stunning cherry blossom brought traffic to a standstill after it bloomed along a street in central Tokyo. The breath-taking scene attracted thousands of tourists after the blossom, also called sakura, appeared on a busy road opposite the city's main train station in the Japanese capital. Cars were forced to wait as onlookers converged on the road to take selfies and admite the beautiful natural phenomenon on March 31. The road - named Yaesu Sakura Street or Yaesu Sakura Dori - is normally busy but had the wonderful bloom in the unlikely location surrounded by flashing shop lights and skyscrapers as temperatures dropped to 8C in the cool spring air. The cherry blossom comes from the Japanese cherry tree and attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.