Spring has Come?!?! What?

My local hundred yen store has already put forth their cherry blossoms seemed display for events we will not be able to hold on this area for at least another month and a half.

Their proud little banner declares that spring has come but has it? To Miyagi? I don't think so. We still have temperatures circling around the 0° Mark in Centigrade which I'm fine with, weirdly, but it also makes sense for the season, which is still winter. What I consider to be winter temperatures will continue well into March, but capitalism will not be rained in by something so petty as the actual weather or season, even in Japan. 

I personally hate the idea of having to buy stuff for cherry blossom viewing picnics so far in advance. Perhaps in other parts of Japan this isn't wildly out of touch with time, but for us, it's significant. 

Do your stores already have Sakura goods for sale?