Area Chichibu Situated in western Saitama Prefecture the Chichibu region (and the city of Chichibu) lies to the west-northwest of Tokyo. By train it's about 80 minutes away from Ikebukuro Station on the..
6 Yufu City: Immersed in Nature Nicole Bauer To see the cherry blossoms you should calculate early April; due to Yufuin... 's higher elevation, the blossoms open up much later than in the rest
Food Cafe Appreciate JJ Walsh An especially lovely cafe when the cherry blossoms are in bloom, Cafe Appreciate... If you are lucky enough to visit when the cherry blossoms are in bloom,
12 Culture Kyoto Bishamon-do Temple Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto Bishamon-do Temple: Giant weeping cherry tree at the temple of a guardian king
12 Culture Shirakawa-go at Golden Week Cathy Cawood Week, and spring was in full force, although I just missed most of the cherry... blossom.
Culture Kifune Shrine in Northern Kyoto Bryan Baier Now for something more impossible, how would you like to see sakura (cherry... blossoms) and koyo (red autumn leaves) at the same time?
Culture Hanami at the Fukuoka Castle Ruins Tristan Scholze Maizuru Park in downtown Fukuoka has the best cherry blossom displays at the castle ruins.
Culture Introducing Tokyo's Parks & Gardens Peter Sidell There are also a good number of cherry blossom trees, so it's a delight... of shady trees around its lawns and fountains, which also explode into cherry-blossom