"Best places"
to enjoy SAKURA
near Tokyo
Kumagaya Sakura Tsutsumi
熊谷桜堤（埼玉県）
Estimated 2024 dates
(updated 19th March 2024)
START: 27th March
PEAK: 3rd April
FESTIVAL PERIOD
22nd March - 4th April
Average Season
End of March to Early April
45min from Tokyo
This information was correct at the time of publishing, but please check with the attractions and/or the tourist board before traveling.
🌸Spring has Sprung… into Pink and ✨Yellow!
A delightful stroll through a ✨magnificent sakura tunnel with your loved ones… what could be more special💕?
Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to make the most 🎉festive and colorful spring memories at “Kumagaya Sakura Tsutsumi” in Saitama! You’ll end up with tons of 📷lovely pictures of 🌸soft pink cherry blossoms and ✨bright yellow rapeseed flowers!
When the flowers are in full bloom, they will 🔦light up the cherry blossoms in the evenings, offering another special way to appreciate the beautiful spring.💕
Chosen as one of the best places to enjoy sakura near Tokyo (No1 in Saitama) .
Plan your Hanami trip
45 min
Kumagaya Station (JR & Chichibu Lines)
5 min walk
Free (0 yen)
Kumagaya Tourist Bureau
+81-48-594-6677
Video of Kumagaya Sakura Tsutsumi
This information was correct at the time of publishing, but please check with the attractions and/or the tourist board before traveling.
Sattegongendo Sakura Tsutsumi
幸手権現堂桜堤/県営権現堂公園（埼玉県）
Estimated 2024 dates
(updated 19th March 2024)
START: 28st March
PEAK: 4th April
Average Season
End of March to Early April
1h 15min from Tokyo
Plan your Hanami trip
1h 15 min
Tobu Satte Station
Free (0 yen)
Satte Gongendo Cherry Preservation Society
+81-480-44-0873
🎉Happy Spring!! - A Celebration in 🌸Pink and ✨Yellow!
Come visit 🌸“Sattegongendo Sakura Tsutsumi” in Saitama, for the most colorful and joyous spring celebration of your lifetime!
This location is best known for its magnificent collaboration of cherry blossoms and rapeseed flowers — you’ll be astonished by the contrast between the 🌸pink sakura tunnel and ✨bright yellow carpet of rapeseed flowers! When the flowers are in full bloom around late March to early April, the park will celebrate with a 🌸sakura festival. There will be 🍡food booths, art shows, and events like tea ceremonies!
Throughout the year, you can rent out 🚴🏾bicycles to go around and enjoy the area.
Chosen as one of the best places to enjoy sakura near Tokyo (No2 in Saitama) .
Video of Sattegongendo Sakura Tsutsumi
Watarase Valley Railway
わたらせ渓谷鉄道（群馬県, 栃木県）
Estimated 2024 dates
(updated 19th March 2024)
START: Late March
PEAK: Fist week of April
Average Season
Early to Mid April
1h 50min from Tokyo
This information was correct at the time of publishing, but please check with the attractions and/or the tourist board before traveling.
Ride a open window train 🚃 and enjoy beautiful 🌸 sakura cherry blossoms❗️
🚞 Watarase Valley Railway (Watarase Keikoku Tetsudo) runs through the ⛰ mountains of Tochigi and Gunma prefectures. The ride through the mountains is amazing and is a great way to enjoy the 🌸 cherry blossoms.
🌸🌸 Sakura is especially nice near Godo and Mizunuma stations. 😍
The popular open carriage (Torokko Trolly train) is especially cool, but regular trains also have a good views. 👀 If you can only get a regular train, make sure to sit near the window beside the driver where you can take cool pictures from the front of the train. 📸
Plan your Hanami trip
Train: 1h50 min
Car: 2h 20min
Tobu Aioi Station (相老駅)
From Asakusa in Tokyo, take the Ryomo Limited express towards Akagi station and get off at Aioi station. Approx. 1hour 50min
Take the train from Aioi station.
Oneway fair from end to end (Kiryu-Mato) is 1,130 yen. * One-day-pass is 1,880 yen.
The Torokko Trolly train (open view carriage) you need to buy an add on ticket for 520 yen each way.
(Oct 2022)
Video of Watarase Valley Railway in Spring
This information was correct at the time of publishing, but please check with the attractions and/or the tourist board before traveling.
Akaginanmen Senbonzakura
赤城南面千本桜（群馬県）
Estimated 2024 dates
(updated 19th March 2024)
START: 4nd April
PEAK: 10th April
Average Season
Early to Mid April
2h 2omin from Tokyo
Plan your Hanami trip
2hours 20min
Oogo Station (Jyomo Denki Railway)
20min from Oogo station
[Bus]20min from Oogo station
Free (0 yen)
🌸 🌸 Dive in a Cheery Blossom Paradise –A Perfect Getaway on the way up ⛰️ Mt. Akagi —
Known as one of the “100 Best 🌸Sakura Viewing Points in Japan”, the stunning Akagi Nanmen Senbonzakura is an open area with many sakura trees on the slope of ⛰️Mt. Akagi. With more than 1,000 cherry blossom trees along the path, you will be drawn into a pink paradise when the blossom season comes.
The Annual Akagi Nanmen Senbonzakura Festival 🎉 is held from the beginning to the middle of April. When the day gets 🌇darker, illumination will be 🔦lightened up to add more atmosphere to this wonderland 💗 ✨.
There is also an area which has different types of sakura trees from around the world which is quite interesting.
Chosen as one of the best places to enjoy sakura near Tokyo (No1 in Gunma) .
Video of Akaginanmen Senbonzakura
Fukuokazeki
福岡堰（茨城県）
Estimated 2024 dates
(updated 25th Feb 2024)
START: 29th March
PEAK: 4th April
Average Season
Late March to Early April
2h 15min from Tokyo
This information was correct at the time of publishing, but please check with the attractions and/or the tourist board before traveling.
👟Talk a stroll through a 1.8km 🌸Sakura tunnel❗
Set on a narrow river bank with a tunnel of over 600 🌸sakura trees, Fukuokazeki is steeped in local history❗️
Originally a dam built in the 🏯Edo period, the river is still used by local 🌾farmers. Wander down the path and enjoy the blossom’s reflection with the sweet sound of 🕊🎼birdsongs. The perfect place to get caught in a 🌸🍃shower of falling petals. There are even Stand-Up Paddle Boards (SUP) and 🛶 canoes to hire!
Don’t miss the Sakura festival in late March to early April for 🍡🍱gourmet food and 😃fun and games.
Chosen as one of the best places to enjoy sakura near Tokyo (No2 in Ibaraki) .
Plan your Hanami trip
Train: 2h15 min
Car: 3hours
JR Matsuida Station (JR Line) or Shimonita Station (Jyoshin Dentetsu Line)
25min from above stations
Free (0 yen)
Tsukubamirai City Tourism Association
+81-297-58-2111
Video of Fukuokazeki
This information was correct at the time of publishing, but please check with the attractions and/or the tourist board before traveling.
Shizumine Furusato Koen
静峰ふるさと公園（茨城県）
Estimated 2024 dates
(updated 19th March 2024)
START: 12th April
PEAK: 20th April
Average Season
Mid to Late April
1h 50min from Tokyo
Plan your Hanami trip
1h 50 min
JR Shizu Station (JR Suigun Line)
20min from Shizu Station
[Taxi]4 min from Suigun Station
Free (0 yen)
Immerse Yourself in a 🌊Sea of Color 🌸Cherry Blossoms -Pink is Not the Only Color ‼️
📢 Ready to treat your 👀eyes with the stunning full bloom of both regular 🌸cherry trees and 🌸🌸unique double-flowering cherry blossoms? Here we go 👇!
The rich in history 🏞️Shizumine Furusato Park has its name well spread due to its large variety of cherry 🌲trees, including the symbolic Double-Flowering cherry trees. Differ from other cherry trees, the double flowering cheery trees has a later bloom 🌼 with more vivid and richer color. It has created a breathtaking fairyland dyed with pale pink 🌸, rose pink 🌺 and pearl white💮!
The “🎊Yaezakura Cherry Blossom Festival” is held yearly to offer a full experience of Sakura viewing, including a 🌙️night cherry blossom illumination and various on-stage events ❤️.
Video of Shizumine Furusato Koen
Mt. Ohira (Ohirasan)
大平山（栃木県）
Estimated 2024 dates
(updated 19th March 2024)
START: 30th March
PEAK: 5th April
Average Season
Late March to Early April
2h 30min from Tokyo
This information was correct at the time of publishing, but please check with the attractions and/or the tourist board before traveling.
Go 🌸🌸Cherry Blossom Hunting 🌸🌸on Enchanting Mt. Ohira !
⛰Mt.Ohira, lying centrally in the Ohirasan Natural Park just a short drive from Tochigi city (or take a bus from Tochigi Sta.), is covered by more than 4,000 🌸🌲cherry trees. When spring rolls over, the whole mountain will be covered with fluttering pink 🌸cheery blossoms, giving the impression of a wonderland which only appears in fairy tales.
There are numerous 📸viewpoints on Mt.Ohira. And the 660-year-old Misumi Obira Cherry Tree at the foot of the mountain is no doubt one on the must-see list!
On top of that, Mt.Ohira offers a scenic and fairly easy 🚶hiking trail that leads all the way to the ⛩️Ohirasan Shrine, from where you can treat your 👀eyes with a striking view of the landscape and see Tokyo on a clear day.
(Please see here for hiking at Mt. Ohira)
Plan your Hanami trip
1hour 20min + hike to the top of the mountain
JR Ohirasihta Station (JR Ryomo Line) or Tochigi Station (JR Ryomo Line and Tobu Nikko, Tobu Nikko, Tobu Utsunomiya Line)
Enjoy a hike from Ohirashita station (About 1-2hours)
[Taxi]10 min from Ohirashita Station or 10 min from Tochigi Station
[Bus]15 min by bus from Tochigi Station
Free (0 yen)
Tochigi City Tourist Association
+81-282-25-2356
Video of Mt. Ohira
This information was correct at the time of publishing, but please check with the attractions and/or the tourist board before traveling.
Hachimanyama Park (Hachimanyama Koen)
八幡山公園（栃木県）
Estimated 2024 dates
(updated 19th March 2024)
START: 30th March
PEAK: 5th April
Average Season
End of March to Early April
1h 10min from Tokyo
Plan your Hanami trip
1h 10 min
JR Utsunomiya Station (Tohoku Shinkansen & Utsunomiya Line)
or
Tobu Utsunomiya Station (Tobu railway)
30min walk from JR Utsunomiya or 20 min from Tobu Utsunomiya Station.
[Taxi]10 min from JR Utsunomiya or 7 min from Tobu Utsunomiya Station.
[Bus]10 min by bus from JR Utsunomiya Station or 7 min by bus from Tobu Utsunomiya Station
Free (0 yen)
Hachimanyama Koen
+81-28-624-0642
✨Spring Has Sprung🍃 An Astonishing View of 🌸Cherry Blossoms!
Looking forward to celebrating the 🌸cherry blossom season in Japan? Hachimanyama Park in Utsunomiya City is especially 💕lovely in late March to early April when hundreds of cherry blossoms are in full bloom!
Over a hundred thousand people visit this park every year to witness the arrival of 🌸spring and have picnics on the grass. This park is especially perfect for families, as it has fun activities like go-karts and 🌳petting zoos that children can also enjoy. During the season, they also have ✨light-up displays for the cherry blossoms in the evenings, bringing out the beauty of the 🌸cherry blossoms in another magical way!
(You can also drop by the nearby ⛩Futarasan shrine in the center of the city which also has some beautiful 🌸Sakura trees)
Video of Hachimanyama Park
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