Every time spring rolls around in Japan, people start looking up towards the trees in anticipation of that great harbinger of the season, the cherry blossoms.
Each year, the sakura bloom on different dates depending on the weather, and given this year’s unseasonably warm winter, cherry blossoms are already starting to bloom in some areas of Japan.
▼ “Kawazu Sakura have begun to bloom.
The annual Kawazu Sakura Festival held in Kawazu begins on 10 February, but news reports are now recommending people head to the area even before the festival starts to see the blooms at their best before the petals begin to fall.
So grab your cherry blossom Coke bottles, fill up on Starbucks sakura milk, pack your hamper with sakura Pocky and take a look at the top places in Japan for sakura viewing.