Spring is about cherry blossoms.
The love of cherry blossoms is one of the traditional cultures of Japan.

What is Cherry Blossom Front?

“Cherry blossom front (Sakura front)” is a line connecting the flowering days of cherry blossoms in Japan.
It is called the cherry blossom front because it looks like the front of a weather map.

Japanese often use the phrase “Cherry blossom front goes north.”
This is because the cherry blossom are blooming from south to north in the Japanese archipelago.

Blooming days and full bloom days

place		Blooming average day	Full bloom average day
Sapporo		3 May	8 May
Aomori		24 April	1 May
Sendai		11 April	18 April
Utsunomiya		1 April	10 April
Tokyo		26 March	2 April
Yokohama		26 March	5 April
Kanazawa		4 April	11 April
Nagoya		26 March	5 April
Kyoto		28 March	7 April
Osaka		28 March	6 April
Nara		29 March	6 April
Kobe		28 March	6 April
Hiroshima		27 March	5 April
Matsuyama		25 March	5 April
Fukuoka		23 March	3 April
Nagasaki		24 March	3 April
Naha		18 January	4 February

The Japan Meteorological Agency observes at about 100 measuring stations nationwide.

Let’s see beautiful cherry blossoms in Japan!

Let’s see beautiful cherry blossoms in Japan!
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