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The confusing enjoyment of our day-trip bus tour from downtown Tokyo to Yamanashi [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2026
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This bus tour wasn’t exactly what we’d expected, but it turned out to be something we wanted.

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• (beautiful • bus tours • buses • COK • flowers • food • fruit • Heidi • Japan travel • nature • peaches • shingen mochi • SNJO • Sunflowers • sweets • tourism • travel • Yamanashi)

Hundreds of rose bushes in bloom at Tokyo’s off-the-beaten-path, next-to-the-tracks flower street

• Casey Baseel
  May 16, 2026

Local road goes from trash dump to treasure.

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• Japan
• (Arakawa Line • COK • flowers • nature • Otsuka • Otsuka Rose Road • Otsuka Rose Street • roses • SNJO • Tokyo Sakura Tram • trains • urban exploring)

Japan’s 5.3 million beautiful Hitachi Nemophila flowers are now in full bloom[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 21, 2026

Two hours north of Tokyo is one of Japan’s best post-sakura springtime flower spots.

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• Japan
• (baby blue eyes • beautiful • blue flowers • COK • flowers • Hitachi • Hitachi Seaside Park • nature • Nemophila • outdoors • parks)

Pikachu to cuddle with kimono-clad beauty on Tokyo street as part of flower art event

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 17, 2026

Exhibition near Tokyo Station mixes flowers, anime, and ukiyo-e aesthetics.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • COK • cool • cute • flowers • manga • Tokyo Station • ukiyo-e • video games • woodblock paintings)

Wisteria season starts early with blooming of Japan’s Great Wisteria in its beautiful garden

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2026

Early blossoming likely means early full bloom at this breathtaking park within day-trip distance of Tokyo.

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• (Ashikaga Flower Park • beautiful • COK • flowers • gardens • Great Wisteria • nature • outdoor • parks • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • wisteria)

Mt. Fuji decorated with a 500,000-flower pink carpet is Japan’s ultimate spring view

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 10, 2026

With mirrors, art installations, and a Peter Rabbit garden, this festival is the perfect day trip from Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • festival • field sakura • flower festival • flowers • Fuji Five Lakes • Fuji Motosuko Resort • Fuji Shibazakura Festival • Lake Motosu • Mt. Fuji • nature • Shibazakura • tourism • tourist spots • travel • Yamanashi)

Picturesque Tokyo park plays host to millions of flowers and soap bubbles this spring

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 28, 2026

Rapeseed, tulips, nemophila, and over a million poppies line up for a floral relay.

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• Japan
• (Anji Tabata • beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • flower festival • flowers • Nemophila • poppies • rapeseed • sakura • Showa Kinen Park • spring • Tachikawa City • Tokyo • tulips)

Nine amazing off-the-beaten-path cherry blossom spots in Japan for yaezakura and shidarezakura

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2026

Yes, Japan’s most famous sakura spots and species draw big crowds for good reasons, but they’re not all that cherry blossom season has to offer.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • flowers • Jalan • Japan travel • outdoors • sakuram • shidarezakura • survey • tourism • travel • weeping cherry blossoms • yaezakura)

Stunning central Japan wisteria festival is like a purple fantasy straight out of a Ghibli movie

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 20, 2026

Move over, sakura. Purple is the new pink.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • beautiful • COK • flower festival • flowers • Nagoya • nature • park • seasonal flowers • tourism • travel • Tsushima • wisteria)

When will the cherry blossoms reach full bloom in Japan this year?[Forecast]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2026

Latest forecast says peak sakura season is coming very early in 2026.

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• (cherry blossom forecast • cherry blossom forecast 2026 • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms forecast • cherry blossoms forecast 2026 • COK • flowers • hanami • Japan cherry blossom forecast • Japan cherry blossoms forecast 2026 • Japan travel • mankai • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2026 • tourism • travel)

Cherry blossoms begin blooming in Japan with record-early starts for sakura season

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 18, 2026

Three cities share the status of this year’s first sakura arrivals, with a fourth joining them one day later.

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• (cherry blossom forecast • cherry blossom forecast 2026 • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms forecast • cherry blossoms forecast 2026 • COK • flowers • Japan cherry blossom forecast • Japan cherry blossoms forecast 2026 • Japan travel • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2026 • tourism • travel)

Studio Ghibli adds new Mother’s Day gift sets to its anime collection in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2026

Say I love you with the magical charm of characters from My Neighbour Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service.

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• Japan
• (anime • carnations • cute • diorama • Donguri Kyowakoku • flowers • Ghibli • gift • gifts • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • presents • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Is this Japan’s most extreme cherry blossom viewing? Leap, cycle and climb through 2,500 sakura

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 13, 2026

Why sit on a tarp when you can zoom through flowers on a 100-meter slide or risk falling into the trees from 370 meters in the air?

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• Japan
• (amusement park • athletic course • attractions • Bubble Works • cherry blossoms • COK • culture • event • flower viewing • flowers • hanami • illumination • illuminations • Kanagawa • Night Bubble Show • Sagamiko • Sagamiko Illumillion • Sagamiko Mori Mori • Sagamiko Onsen Ururi • sakura • spring • tourism • travel)

Nine great places to see spring flowers in Japan, as chosen by travelers (with almost no sakura)

• SoraNews24
  Mar 9, 2026

Nanohana, fuji, and more reasons to get out and see Japan’s springtime flowers.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cherry blossoms • flowers • gardens • Jalan • Japan travel • Kawazu Sakura • nature • outdoors • parks • plum blossoms • sakura • tourism • travel • ume)

Japan’s cherry blossom season predicted to start earlier than we’d thought, especially in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2026

Updated forecast says a burst of warm weather, with more sun to come, will be speeding up cherry blossom buds’ development.

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• (cherry blossom forecast • cherry blossom forecast 2026 • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms forecast • cherry blossoms forecast 2026 • flowers • Japan cherry blossom forecast • Japan cherry blossoms forecast 2026 • Japan travel • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2026 • tourism • travel)

Fives places around Japan to appreciate the plum blossoms this season

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 16, 2026

Spring hasn’t quite sprung yet but we can still soak up its essence in the humble yet mighty plum blossoms.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • flowers • gardens • Ibaraki • Kanagawa • Kyoto • Osaka • outdoors • plum • plum blossoms • spring • travel • ume)

Now is the time to visit one of Tokyo’s best off-the-beaten-path plum blossom gardens

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 15, 2026

The ume of Ikegami grow up a terraced hillside, and under the radar.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • flowers • gardens • Ikegami • nature • plum blossoms • plums • temples • ume)

Three beautiful places to see Japan’s plum blossoms after starting your day in downtown Tokyo

• SoraNews24
  Feb 5, 2026

It’s time to go out and see the ume.

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• Japan
• (Atami • beautiful • COK • flowers • gardens • Japan trabel • outdoors • plum blossoms • plums • tourism • travel • ume)

Cherry blossom forecasts map shows Japan’s OTHER sakura season is starting right now

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2026

You don’t have to wait for spring to see this special kind of sakura.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cherry blossoms • flowers • Kawazu • Kawazu Sakura • kawazuzakura • outdoors • sakura • Shizuoka)

Japan cherry blossom forecast update moves up sakura dates for many parts of the country

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2026

Forecast shows you might need to move your cherry blossom plans in Japan up by a few days.

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