Activities Mamurogawa Plum Festival Kim Bergström Each year from around late April until early May, Yamagata's Mamurogawa Park hosts a plum blossom festival where visitors can...
Activities Sakura Spots in Toyota City Kim Bergström Toyota City in Aichi Prefecture is perhaps best known for being the headquarters of the Toyota Motor Corporation, but it's al...
Culture Upgrade Your Background to JapanTravel Spots Around the Country Christophe Audisio With the current situation calling for people to use more video calls and conferencing for catch-ups or meetings, why not cha...
Food Nico Nico Terrace Starbucks Lynda Hogan A Starbucks of note opened in Sayama City earlier in the year (2021). What makes this Starbucks special is that it is the onl...
Activities Garyu Park Sakura Festival Kim Bergström If you're after an ultra-picturesque cherry blossom spot, look no further than Nagano's Garyu Park. It was selected as one of...
Activities Jindai Botanical Garden Sakura Festival 2027 Kim Bergström Tokyo's Jindai Botanical Gardens are home to around 600 sakura trees in several varieties, with most of them located in the d...
Planning Japan's First Sakura Projections for 2026 Kim Bergström On December 18th, the Japan Meteorological Corporation (JMC) published its first cherry blossom forecast for 2026, giving tra...
Activities Four Picturesque Parks in Shinagawa Japan Travel In Shinagawa City, located in southern Tokyo along Tokyo Bay, you can enjoy various nature spaces that feature seasonal bloom...
Activities Lake Sagami Sakura Run 2027 Kim Bergström Lake Sagami MORI MORI is set to host the Lake Sagami Sakura Run in late March, and the event has now been running for five ye...
8 Culture The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace Lily The cherry blossoms at Tokyo's Imperial Palace bloom from late March to early April. Strolling through the grounds of the for...
