Top 10 Cherry Blossom Spots in Japan 2026

An iconic Tokyo waterway lined with 800 somei yoshino trees that create a pale pink tunnel each spring.

A serene two-kilometer canal walkway in Kyoto flanked by hundreds of cherry trees and small temples.

Home to 2,600 cherry trees in Aomori, famous for its pink petal-covered moat and castle backdrop.

Japan's most magnificent white castle is surrounded by 1,000 cherry trees that frame its soaring towers.

A vast Tokyo garden with over 1,000 trees spanning early and late-blooming varieties for extended viewing.

A Nagano hillside park famed for its unique kohigan cherry trees that bloom in a deep rose hue.

A magnificent thousand-year-old weeping cherry tree in Fukushima and one of Japan's three great sakura.

A picturesque Imperial Palace moat in Tokyo where visitors row boats beneath overhanging cherry blossoms.

Hokkaido's premier blossom site with over 10,000 trees of 250 varieties blooming from late April into May.

An iconic Tokyo waterway lined with 800 somei yoshino trees that create a pale pink tunnel each spring.

A serene two-kilometer canal walkway in Kyoto flanked by hundreds of cherry trees and small temples.

Home to 2,600 cherry trees in Aomori, famous for its pink petal-covered moat and castle backdrop.

Japan's most magnificent white castle is surrounded by 1,000 cherry trees that frame its soaring towers.

A vast Tokyo garden with over 1,000 trees spanning early and late-blooming varieties for extended viewing.

A Nagano hillside park famed for its unique kohigan cherry trees that bloom in a deep rose hue.

A magnificent thousand-year-old weeping cherry tree in Fukushima and one of Japan's three great sakura.

A picturesque Imperial Palace moat in Tokyo where visitors row boats beneath overhanging cherry blossoms.

Hokkaido's premier blossom site with over 10,000 trees of 250 varieties blooming from late April into May.