• Plum Festival at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

    Kitano-Tenmangu Shrine hosts the annual Plum Festival on Feb 25, featuring beautiful plum blossoms and a special outdoor tea ceremony, Baikasai.

  • Wakayama Castle Sakura Festival

    Wakayama Castle is located very close to Wakayama city center. From late March to early April, 600 cherry trees turn the park into a sea of light pink.

  • Cherry Blossom Night Viewing at Osaka Castle

    Enjoy cherry trees in Nishinomaru garden at night with the illuminated Osaka Castle. The scenery of the castle risen up over the cherry trees is beautiful.

  • Uchiagegawa Park Cherry Blossom Lit Up

    About 200 cherry trees in Uchiagegawa Ryokuchi Park will be lit up. Those beautifuly lit up cherry blossom reflected on the surface of the pond is breathtaking.

  • Ofusa Kannon Spring Rose Festival

    Visitors can enjoy about 2,300 varieties of roses and smell their fragrances while strolling through Ofusa Kannon temple's grounds in Nara.

  • Kyoto Gion-matsuri Festival

    The highlight of Gion matsuri is the "Yamaboko Junko" parade. The Yamaboko, or giant wooden floats, are assembled without nails in the traditional Japanese way.

  • Tanabata illumination at Kibune Shrine

    Every summer, there are illuminations at Kibune Shrine in Kyoto. Tanabata is a mythical tale of literal star-crossed lovers take place all over Japan.