🌸 When do cherry blossoms bloom in Japan?
Average first-bloom and full-bloom dates for every Japanese prefecture, based on Japan Meteorological Agency records. Cherry blossom season sweeps up the country from Okinawa in January to northern Hokkaido in May, with most of Honshu — Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka — peaking between late March and mid-April.
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Based on long-term historical averages — actual bloom dates vary year to year.
Average bloom dates — all 47 prefectures
Tohoku
- AkitaFirst bloom ~17 April · Full bloom ~22 April
- AomoriFirst bloom ~22 April · Full bloom ~26 April
- FukushimaFirst bloom ~7 April · Full bloom ~11 April
- IwateFirst bloom ~18 April · Full bloom ~24 April
- MiyagiFirst bloom ~8 April · Full bloom ~13 April
- YamagataFirst bloom ~13 April · Full bloom ~18 April
Kanto
- ChibaFirst bloom ~30 March · Full bloom ~6 April
- GunmaFirst bloom ~29 March · Full bloom ~5 April
- IbarakiFirst bloom ~30 March · Full bloom ~6 April
- KanagawaFirst bloom ~25 March · Full bloom ~1 April
- SaitamaFirst bloom ~27 March · Full bloom ~3 April
- TochigiFirst bloom ~30 March · Full bloom ~6 April
- TokyoFirst bloom ~24 March · Full bloom ~31 March
Chubu
- AichiFirst bloom ~24 March · Full bloom ~2 April
- FukuiFirst bloom ~1 April · Full bloom ~7 April
- GifuFirst bloom ~25 March · Full bloom ~2 April
- IshikawaFirst bloom ~3 April · Full bloom ~8 April
- NaganoFirst bloom ~11 April · Full bloom ~16 April
- NiigataFirst bloom ~8 April · Full bloom ~13 April
- ShizuokaFirst bloom ~24 March · Full bloom ~2 April
- ToyamaFirst bloom ~3 April · Full bloom ~8 April
- YamanashiFirst bloom ~25 March · Full bloom ~2 April
Kansai
- HyogoFirst bloom ~27 March · Full bloom ~5 April
- KyotoFirst bloom ~30 March · Full bloom ~6 April
- MieFirst bloom ~29 March · Full bloom ~3 April
- NaraFirst bloom ~28 March · Full bloom ~4 April
- OsakaFirst bloom ~27 March · Full bloom ~4 April
- ShigaFirst bloom ~1 April · Full bloom ~8 April
- WakayamaFirst bloom ~24 March · Full bloom ~3 April
Chugoku
Shikoku
Kyushu
- FukuokaFirst bloom ~22 March · Full bloom ~31 March
- KagoshimaKagoshima ~26 March · Amami (Naze) ~20 January
- KumamotoFirst bloom ~22 March · Full bloom ~1 April
- MiyazakiFirst bloom ~23 March · Full bloom ~2 April
- NagasakiFirst bloom ~23 March · Full bloom ~2 April
- OitaFirst bloom ~24 March · Full bloom ~4 April
- SagaFirst bloom ~24 March · Full bloom ~2 April
Data source: Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁) cherry blossom flowering and full-bloom observations, 1991–2020climatological normals, across the JMA's 59 sample-tree stations covering all 47 prefectures. This page is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the JMA.
Dates are long-term averages, not a forecast for any specific year — real bloom timing shifts with winter and spring temperatures and can move a week or more either way.