Culture Narita-san in Chiba Miho Kuroda The place is famous for flower viewing with plum trees and cherry blossoms... bloom in the spring.
Culture Zuigan-ji Temple in Matsushima Andrew Kehoe Mid March to early April will treat you to plum and cherry blossoms in... full bloom, an image of trees covered in pink snow.
8 Culture Irises at Meiji Shrine Mandy Bartok Catch irises in bloom in the inner garden of Tokyo's Meiji Shrine during the rainy months of May and June
Culture Exploring Yasukuni Shrine Lee Prescott the shrine grounds proper, marked with that most Japanese of symbols: cherry... blossoms.
Culture Exploring Hiroshima Castle JJ Walsh offers a stunning perspective and after a winter snowfall or when the cherry... blossoms are in bloom, the view from the blossoming trees of the castle
11 Culture Kamakura Hokai-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima The temple grounds are almost always in the bloom of flowers.
Culture Hommaru Palace, Nagoya Castle Manish Prabhune construction methods as far as possible, to ensure that the restored palace will carry... new structure of the palace with its fresh golden color and the pink cherry
Food Kamakura’s Stylish Starbucks Larry Knipfing is a pool here that used to be the center of Yokoyama’s yearly, great, cherry... blossom parties; one of which I was lucky to attend.