Friday, March 04, 2011

Cherry Blossom Blooming Calendar


Japan-Guide has a useful big-city page on this, but here is a more detailed schedule for this year's sakura blooming which was found in a similar format on the March AJET eBulleten:

Full bloom dates are approximate:

Kyushu Area
Okinawa:     Finishes early February
Kagoshima:     Open: 1st April        Full Bloom: 10th April
Miyazaki:     Open: 22nd March    Full Bloom: 30th March
Oita:       Open: 22nd March    Full Bloom: 30th March
Kumamoto:    Open: 21st March    Full Bloom: 30th March
Nagasaki:    Open: 22nd March    Full Bloom: 31st March
Saga:        Open: 22nd March    Full Bloom: 31st March
Fukuoka:    Open: 21st March    Full Bloom: 30th March

Chugoku/Shikoku Area:
Kochi:         Open: 20th March    Full Bloom: 28th March
Ehime:        Open: 25th March    Full Bloom: 2nd April
Kagawa:    Open: 25th March    Full Bloom: 2nd April
Tokushima:    Open: 28th March    Full Bloom: 4th April
Yamaguchi:    Open: 26th March    Full Bloom: 3rd April
Hiroshima:    Open: 26th March    Full Bloom: 3rd April
Shimane:    Open: 29th March    Full Bloom: 6th April
Okayama:    Open: 26th March    Full Bloom: 3rd April
Tottori:        Open: 30th March    Full Bloom: 7th April

Kinki Area:
Wakayama:    Open: 27th March    Full Bloom: 4th April
Nara:        Open: 28th March    Full Bloom: 4th April
Hyogo:        Open: 28th March    Full Bloom: 5th April
Osaka:        Open: 26th March    Full Bloom: 3rd April
Kyoto:        Open: 31st March    Full Bloom: 7th April
Shiga:        Open: 2nd April    Full Bloom: 9th April
Mie:        Open: 30th March    Full Bloom: 6th April


Chubu Area:
Aichi:         Open: 25th March    Full Bloom: 2nd April
Shizuoka:    Open: 26th March    Full Bloom: 3rd April
Gifu:        Open: 31st March    Full Bloom: 7th April
Nagano:    Open: 7th April        Full Bloom: 13th April
Yamanashi:    Open: 28th March    Full Bloom: 5th April
Fukui:        Open: 3rd April    Full Bloom: 10th April
Ishikawa:    Open: 4th April        Full Bloom: 11th April
Toyama:    Open: 3rd April    Full Bloom: 10th April
Niigata:    Open: 9th April        Full Bloom: 15th April

Kanto:
Kanagawa:    Open: 23rd March    Full Bloom: 31st March
Tokyo:        Open: 24th March    Full Bloom: 1st April
Chiba:        Open: 29th March    Full Bloom: 5th April
Saitama:    Open: 26th March    Full Bloom: 2nd April
Gunma:    Open: 29th March    Full Bloom: 5th April
Tochigi:    Open: 31st March    Full Bloom: 6th April
Ibaraki:    Open: 5th April         Full Bloom: 13th April


Hokkaido/Tohoku Area:
Fukushima:    Open: 8th April        Full Bloom: 14th April
Yamagata:    Open: 15th April    Full Bloom: 21st April
Akita:        Open: 24th April    Full Bloom: 29th April
Miyagi:        Open: 10th April    Full Bloom: 16th April
Iwate:        Open: 19th April    Full Bloom: 25th April
Aomori:    Open: 22nd April    Full Bloom: 27th April
Hokkaido:    Open: 1st May         Full Bloom: 5th May

That's the lot. We hope you enjoy this year's cherry blossoms. Remember it's not a proper 花見 (hanami) party without a big blue tarp and cheap sake!

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