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Witness the stunning hues of red and blue with Lake Biwa views at Mt. Hakodate’s Kokia Park
- Krista Rogers
Oct 7, 2024 - Tweet
Looking for a scenic outing this month? This lakeside park in Shiga will leave you transfixed with all of its autumn glory.
- Japan
- (autumn • beautiful • fall • flowers • Hakodateyama • kochia • kokia • park • seasonal • Shiga Prefecture • Takashima • travel)
Beautiful flowers bloom just one day each at 500-year-old Kyoto temple, and they’re blossoming now
- Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2024
Torinin’s natsu tsubaki are a symbol that beauty can be fleeting, which sometimes makes it all the more captivating.
Right now’s the best time of year for a ride on Tokyo’s often-forgotten streetcar line【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 24, 2024
Beautiful blossoms and a taste of the slow life are waiting on the Arakawa Line.
- Japan
- (Arakawa Line • beautiful • COK • flowers • roses • SNJO • streetcar • Tokyo • Tokyo Sakura Tram • tourism • trains • travel)
Enjoy the hydrangeas, birds, and more at Fuji Kachoen Garden Park in Shizuoka Prefecture
- Krista Rogers
May 7, 2024
While this park at the base of Mt. Fuji offers year-round fun, May is the best season for blooming flowers.
- Japan
- (beautiful • birds • flowers • Fuji Kachoen • Fujinomiya • garden • Greenhouse • hydrangea • Mt. Fuji • park • rhododendron • Shizuoka • shop)
Kumamoto Governor embroiled in flower scandal
- Master Blaster
May 7, 2024
Governor Kimura was accused of dealing pot…s of flowers.
- Japan
- (flowers • governor • Kumamoto • orchids • politcis • Public Offices Election Act • Takashi Kimura)
Nemophila season off to an early, and beautiful, start as baby blue flowers bloom in Maishima
- Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2024
Seaside park in Osaka is also one of Japan’s best places to see the sunset.
- Japan
- (baby blue eyes • beautiful • flowers • Maishima Seaside Park • Nemophila • Osaka • outdoors • parks • tourism • travel)
Beautiful Totoro diorama box flower sets offered for Mother’s Day, but look great all year long
- Casey Baseel
Mar 18, 2024
Sure, you could buy these for your mom, but you could also buy them for yourself.
- Japan
- (anime • carnations • Donguri Kyowakoku • flowers • gardening • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Cherry blossom forecast updated with later start date, full-bloom predictions added
- Casey Baseel
Mar 7, 2024
Behind-schedule buds mean we’re going to have to wait just a little longer to see sakura.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom • cherry blossom forecast 2024 • flowers • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • tourism • travel)
Need a taste of spring before the cherry blossoms? Try this Osaka park with over 500,000 flowers
- Dale Roll
Feb 23, 2024
Harvest Hill has you covered with spring this year!
- Japan
- (beautiful • broccolini • COK • flowers • garden • nature • Osaka • outdoor • park • parks • Sakai • spring)
Updated cherry blossom forecast moves up blooming date, predicts sakura season start for Ueno Park
- Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2024
Fine-tuned forecasts for this year’s cherry blossom season.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom • cherry blossom forecast 2024 • flowers • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • tourism • travel)
Tokyo/Saitama train line to hold cherry blossom viewing tour with meal included
- Shannon
Feb 10, 2024
This will be Seibu Railway’s first hanami train tour.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom-viewing • cherry blossoms • flowers • hanami • sakura • tourism • trains • travel • unique)
Updated sakura forecast: Cherry blossoms coming to Tokyo first, but later than first expected
- Casey Baseel
Feb 2, 2024
Newly updated forecast maps show shy sakura are going to keep us waiting a little longer.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom • flowers • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • tourism • travel)
Super-detailed cherry blossom forecast maps show early arrival for Japan’s 2024 sakura season
- Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2024
Japan’s most beautiful time of year is coming up fast, and here’s when the flowers are expected to appear in each major region and city.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms forecast • cherry blossoms forecast 2024 • COK • flowers • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • travel)
Step inside a mystical, dazzling display of illuminations at the Flower Garden of Lights
- Krista Rogers
Oct 18, 2023
Ashikaga’s Flower Park transforms into a fantastical fairytale world that you can step inside for the next few months.
- Japan
- (Ashikaga Flower Park • date • Flower Garden of Lights • flowers • illumination • LED • lights • mystical • romantic • seasons • sightseeing • Tochigi)
Stop and smell the flowers during the Spring Rose Festival at Tokyo’s best rose garden
- Krista Rogers
May 23, 2023
The Former Furukawa Gardens make for an extremely economical escape from the big city with special seasonal events happening right now.
- Japan
- (bara • beautiful • flowers • Former Furukawa Gardens • gifts • rose • rose garden • Spring Rose Festival • Tokyo • travel)
Japan’s other beautiful fuji, wisteria, are about to turn Ashikaga Flower Park into a wonderland
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2023
Flowers have begun blooming at gorgeous park in Tochigi.
- Japan
- (Ashikaga Flower Park • awesome • beautiful • COK • flowers • Fuji • nature • Tochigi • wisteria)
There’s more to do than just look at the flowers at Tokyo’s biggest riverside sakura celebration
- Krista Rogers
Mar 21, 2023
If you’re in Tokyo, take a day to immerse yourself in the Edo period atmosphere during one of these events while enjoying the cherry blossoms.
- Japan
- (boat • cherry blossoms • COK • culture • Edo River • Edogawa River • events • festival • flowers • Fukagawa • hanami • market • Oedo Fukagawa Sakura Festival • outdoor • sakura • schedule • Tokyo)
Studio Ghibli celebrates Mother’s Day with special Totoro flower deliveries
- Oona McGee
Mar 13, 2023
Kiki’s Delivery Service comes along for the ride too.
- Japan
- (cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • flowers • Ghibli • gifts • goods • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Starbucks Japan’s second sakura collection for hanami season 2023 comes with AR cherry blossoms
- Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2023
Plus a special mini range created by local Japanese craftsmen.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • cool • cups • cute • drinkware • flowers • hanami • mugs • sakura • sakura 2023 • sakura goods • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)
Starbucks Japan’s new sakura collection arrives in stores for hanami season 2023
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2023
Limited-edition cherry blossom goods celebrate the beauty of the spring flowers.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • cool • cups • cute • drinkware • flowers • hanami • mugs • sakura • sakura 2023 • sakura goods • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)
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