2017 Cherry Blossom Forecast for Japan

Mar 11 | Evan | No Comments |

Anyone else excited about the cherry blossoms in Japan this year?  The 2017 Cherry Blossoms in Japan will be here sooner rather than later!  There have already been multiple updates to the 2017 Cherry Blossom Forecast for Japan and here are the expected blooming dates as of March 8th, 2017.  Keep in mind that these are still forecasts for cherry blossoms to start blooming and changes in weather patterns or forecast can change these dates.  

 

Fukuoka | March 22
Matsuyama | March 25
Hiroshima | March 28
Miyajima | March 28
Kyoto | March 29
Osaka | March 28
Nara | March 29
Nagoya | March 27
Tokyo | March 22
Yokohama | March 23
Kanazawa | April 2
Sendai | April 8
Hirosaki | April 24
Sapporo | May 4

***Updated March 15***

Fukuoka | March 22
Matsuyama | March 25
Hiroshima | March 28
Miyajima | March 28
Kyoto | March 30
Osaka | March 29
Nara | March 30
Nagoya | March 27
Tokyo | March 23
Yokohama | March 23
Matsumoto | April 10
Kanazawa | April 4
Sendai | April 9
Hirosaki | April 23
Sapporo | May 4

***Updated March 22***

Fukuoka | March 23
Matsuyama | March 25
Hiroshima | March 28
Miyajima | March 28
Himeji | March 31
Kyoto | March 30
Osaka | March 29
Nara | March 30
Nagoya | March 26
Tokyo | March 21
Yokohama | March 23
Matsumoto | April 9
Kanazawa | April 2
Sendai | April 7
Hirosaki | April 21
Sapporo | May 3

Also, on average, you can expect the cherry blossoms to be in full bloom around a week after the first open.  If you want to see more information about the cherry blossom forecast and locations for cherry blossoms head over to the Japan National Tourist Organization Cherry Blossom Forecast page or if you can read Japanese (or ok to use google translate) the sakura forecast page on weathermap.jp is quite nice.  Also, tenki.jp has a nice section about nighttime viewing cherry blossom spots in Japan that light up for your viewing pleasure, again, you need Japanese or google translate.

Don’t forget that these dates are for the yoshino variety of cherry blossom trees in Japan only. There are many different kinds of cherry blossoms that start blooming at on slightly different schedules throughout Japan!