Sakura 2016

[samtcy]

Seems like this year's sakura blooming period is gonna be pretty messed up due to the current warmer winter.

Many of the usual sakura prediction websites are still not up yet (usually starts in Feb) but I'm already seeing info about sakura starting their blooming process in some parts of Japan.

So, I am starting this thread for us to share info on sakura bloom for those of us who are trying to catch sakura blooming season in Japan this year.

Please share any sakura prediction websites (or news about sakura blooming in anywhere in Japan) that you come across on this thread.

 

[samtcy]

Although this is not about Sakura (cherry blossoms), but I just came across a report about plum blossoms being expected to bloom at least 2 weeks earlier than normal in Tokyo.
http://www.tenki.jp/forecaster/diary/s_okayasu/2016/01/10/37391-summary.html

Also, in some parts of Kawazu (not the main Kawazu riverside area yet though), sakura have already started to bloom.
http://kaikainfo.i-ra.jp/e919900.html
Kawazu is in Izu peninsula in Shizuoka prefecture, about 2hrs south of Tokyo, and Kawazu's sakura usually blooms in end-Feb to early March.
But it is not even mid-January now.

Since I'm planning to visit Kawazu in end Feb to see Sakura, so I am actively tracking the sakura blooming status for Kawazu lately, as well as checking Kawazu's livecam.
http://livecam.town.kawazu.shizuoka.jp/

 

[fresiie]

Crap. I have already booked my tix from 4apr to 12 apr. Was hoping to sakura!

 

[cancerguy84]

same here...hopefully can get to catch something

 

[vaxvms]

check calendar after CNY.


http://sakura.weathermap.jp/

 

[deodorant]

Crap. I have already booked my tix from 4apr to 12 apr. Was hoping to sakura!

At this stage it really seems you'll have to be content with the late blooming trees ...

 

[liviatan]

In this case..should i change my flight to 18-27 march or should i just stick to 2 -10 apr

 

[coldkey]

For sakura viewing, I am gambling on 17-29 Mar, starting with Kyoto from 17-19 Mar since there is a Kiyomizu-dera light up from 12-21 Mar.

After that, I will be gunning for 25-29 Mar in Tokyo (conincide with Anime Japan 2016 on 26/27 Mar weekend).

I will be getting a JR Rail Pass for 7 days to move up and down from 19-25 Mar.

Any suggestions on what other places will be good bets around that time?

Seems that 21 Mar is a public holiday so the 19-21 Mar weekend is over booked in many areas. Was thinking to stay in Hiroshima for 1 night but it seems to bloom later than Kyoto.

 

[samtcy]

*Since these twitter posts are in Japanese, and my knowledge of Japanese language is very limited, therefore please correct me if I'm wrong.


I just saw someone tweeted this morning about sakura tree blooming somewhere in Kawazu.
https://twitter.com/GufuMztn/status/687044482227806208

Although this is probably not at the main sakura site along the river at Kawazu (I just went to check Kawazu's livecam, those have yet to start blooming), but still, it's barely even mid-Jan and already starting to hear about sakura blooming.

Also saw another person mentioning about sakura starting to bloom at Atami.
https://twitter.com/gasizuka/status/685445907156840448

I wonder if I will be able to catch sakura at Kyoto in end Feb instead, at the rate this is going...

Haiz...

 

[neubie]

Crap. I have already booked my tix from 4apr to 12 apr. Was hoping to sakura!

you may have to pay to change the flight schedule which may be fully booked as others are also doing similar reschedules.

also, hotel accomodations wont be cheap at that period of time and may not be available.

in 2015 April, I booked airbnb apartment in Shinsaibashi for 3D2N for a whopping $1k2 for 5 pax, which is slightly out of the way from metro/subway.

 

[peepee]

Bookmarked

 

[Integra.TypeR]

I'm flying on 1 April... will i miss it? Osaka > Kyoto > Tokyo..

 

[kifo]

Just saw this news article from Nagano Iida city on Kawazu Sakura blooming... it says they normally come out in mid March

http://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/nagano/20160113/KT160112GYI090001000.php

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　長野県飯田市南信濃和田の遠山川沿いに植わる河津桜がほころび始めている＝写真。１２日は、数本の木にぽつぽつと咲く淡いピンクの花が訪れた人の目を楽しませていた。

　河津桜は右岸を中心に約２００本が並ぶ。同市の遠山郷観光協会によると、例年の開花は３月中旬頃だが、今冬は暖かい日が多く、１週間ほど前から咲き始めたという。

 

[neubie]

Just saw this news article from Nagano Iida city on Kawazu Sakura blooming... it says they normally come out in mid March

http://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/nagano/20160113/KT160112GYI090001000.php

wa, Nagano already blossoming, so maybe by the typical dates (based on historical data), all the trees in kyoto maybe botak!

 

[samtcy]

Although I'm not sure if this page is about 2016, but if so, then places like Morioka, Akita, Nagano already started blooming...

http://www.tenki.jp/sakura/springmeter.html

 

[EmPtYsOuLz]

By the time i reach in April everywhere should be botak alr sad

 

[laeticia]

Oh no at this rate I will be too late when I reach end Mar Can't change flight tickets either

 

[samtcy]

Saw these on twitter today:
Someone posted this pic taken at Inuyama castle near Nagoya:
https://twitter.com/baito_alpha/status/687272933337661440

Also, someone else posted this for Kamakura:
https://twitter.com/yurrayurayura/status/687287694980857856



Does anyone have any suggestions on where I can go to for sakura in end-feb?
If Kawazu's sakura starts to bloom more than 2 weeks earlier than normal (which seemed highly possible this year), then we might be too late to catch sakura at Kawazu, so I have to start thinking of my backup options.

 

[anyhowsaysay]

I follow many japanese instagram. can see they all starting to post flowers photo

 

[bosssaizo]

Shucks. Hoping to catch it on the last week 2 weeks of March.

Hopefully it doesn't go botak by then.