Ahead of cherry blossom season, the ume or plum blossoms brighten up the colder months in Japan. This guide introduces the different varieties. This type of ume is close to the original species ...

While cherry blossoms are often seen as the quintessential Japanese flower, the plum blossom once signaled ... Since the peak season coincides with Japan’s university entrance exams, students ...

Cultural adventure specialist InsideJapan Tours has introduced permanent price reductions on its off-peak and shoulder season ...

Meihua cheng - or Plum Blossom City - has seen repeated Japanese ... the town was fortified as a stronghold. At that time, Japan relied heavily on China for essential goods such as silk, cloth ...

Japan welcomed the most visitors in history in 2024, as the country’s weak currency fuelled a tourism boom that drew 36.8 million people to the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’.

Home to the ultra-efficient high-speed Shinkansen network, Japan is a country perfectly ... especially in spring (cherry blossom season) and autumn (golden season), but it’s well worth checking ...

Tenchizan Park, distinguished as one of Japan’s Top 100 City Parks ... 10,000 flowering trees and plants offer a year-round spectacle of blooms. The plum blossom season here is particularly enchanting ...

To welcome the season ... of the plum blossoms. Now, millions of tourists join in the celebrations that have come to be associated with the sakura season. All over the country, there are hundreds of ...

The forecast for the 2025 cherry blossom season, which will commence in mid-March and extend through mid-May, has been ...

Sakura season in Japan, typically from late March to early ... Consider the Sakura-lined riverbanks in Hirosaki or the cherry blossom tunnel in Kitakami, Tohoku, for a unique twist.

Rich yet refreshing, this combination captures a sense of new beginnings synonymous with cherry blossom season in Japan, where the flowers bloom around the start of a new school and work year. While ...