In the bucket list: Sakura in Japan

"Hanami" is the centuries-old practice of picnicking under a blooming sakura or ume tree. The custom is said to have started during the Nara Period (710–794) and was originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court. It soon spread to samurai society and, by the Edo period, to the common people as well.

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 Should the Universe hear this and surprise me with the chance, I should be there on these dates:

Prefecture(Hokkaido) City / Area Forecast of first bloom Forecast of full bloom Hokkaido Sapporo 4 May. - Hokkaido Muroran 6 May. - Hokkaido Hakodate 2 May. - Prefecture(Tohoku) City / Area Forecast of first bloom Forecast of full bloom Aomori Aomori 26 Apr. - Akita Akita 18 Apr. - Iwate Morioka 23 Apr. - Yamagata Yamagata 15 Apr. - Miyagi Sendai 13 Apr. - Fukushima Fukushima 11 Apr. - Prefecture(Kanto/Koshin) City / Area Forecast of first bloom Forecast of full bloom Tokyo Central Tokyo 30 Mar. - Chiba Choshi 2 Apr. - Kanagawa Yokohama 31 Mar. - Ibaraki Mito 6 Apr. - Tochigi Utsunomiya 5 Apr. - Gunma Maebashi 4 Apr. - Saitama Kumagaya 3 Apr. - Nagano Nagano 13 Apr. - Yamanashi Kofu 1 Apr. - Prefecture(Hokuriku) City / Area Forecast of first bloom Forecast of full bloom Niigata Niigata 11 Apr. - Toyama Toyama 8 Apr. - Ishikawa Kanazawa 7 Apr. - Fukui Fukui 5 Apr. - Prefecture(Tokai) City / Area Forecast of first bloom Forecast of full bloom Aichi Nagoya 29 Mar. - Shizuoka Shizuoka 27 Mar. - Gifu Gifu 29 Mar. - Mie Tsu 31 Mar. - Prefecture(Kinki) City / Area Forecast of first bloom Forecast of full bloom Osaka Osaka 30 Mar. - Shiga Hikone 5 Apr. - Kyoto Kyoto 29 Mar. - Kyoto Maizuru 5 Apr. - Hyogo Kobe 31 Mar. - Nara Nara 31 Mar. - Wakayama Wakayama 27 Mar. - Prefecture(Chugoku) City / Area Forecast of first bloom Forecast of full bloom Hiroshima Hiroshima 29 Mar. - Okayama Okayama 1 Apr. - Shimane Matsue 2 Apr. - Tottori Tottori 2 Apr. - Yamaguchi Shimonoseki 31 Mar. - Prefecture(Shikoku) City / Area Forecast of first bloom Forecast of full bloom Kagawa Takamatsu 31 Mar. - Tokushima Tokushima 1 Apr. - Ehime Matsuyama 28 Mar. - Kochi Kochi 24 Mar. - Prefecture(Kyushu) City / Area Forecast of first bloom Forecast of full bloom Fukuoka Fukuoka 27 Mar. - Oita Oita 27 Mar. - Nagasaki Nagasaki 27 Mar. - Saga Saga 27 Mar. - Kumamoto Kumamoto 26 Mar. - Miyazaki Miyazaki 24 Mar. - Kagoshima Kagoshima 28 Mar. -