Showing all posts with the 'Cherry Blossom festival' tag.

When to Travel to Japan?

Before the first time I travelled to Japan, I never asked myself the question ‘When to travel to Japan?‘ or ‘What is the best time of year to travel to Japan?‘. I was lucky enough to have come here in the spring, and see the g...

Why go to Japan?

Where to visit and what to do in Japan, the new top reasons list If you are looking for reasons to travel to Japan, then look no further then this highly refined article from a foreigner who has holidayed in Japan and now lives in Japan. When I first...

Cherry Blossom Festival and Iyeyasu Samurai Parade in Okazaki

The cherry blossoms (sakura in Japanese) bloom in spring in Japan, and every prefecture has their own festival (omatsuri in Japanese) to celebrate this special time. It is so special because the cherry blossoms are in bloom for only a few weeks, requ...

Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival

In Okayama every year (mid April) there is a sakura (Japanese for cherry blossom) festival. These cherry blossom trees are against the river which runs past Okayama castle. Here is a panorama I made from the festival. Panorama of the Okayama cherry b...

Japanese Cherry Blossom – Photos and Info

Japan, famous for the cherry blossom (sakura 桜 in Japanese) In Japanese, cherry blossom is ‘sakura’ (most commonly used kanji is 桜 which means ‘spring flower’). In Japan, sakura are not only nice to look at, ...