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Sean's Japan Travel Journal by Sean, staff writer of japan-guide.com 2012/05/09 - Cherry Blossom Report: Sapporo Interestingly, a reliable source told me that the cherry trees in Sapporo went into full bloom within hours from having their first open flowers on May 1. In fact, the cherry blossoms opened earlier at Sapporo than at Hakodate this year,... read all 2012/05/08 - Cherry Blossom Report: Hakodate The cherry blossoms of Hakodate officially opened on May 2 this year, slightly later than an average year. Peak was reached on May 5, and I read a report saying that the cherry trees remained in full bloom despite the rain yesterday;... read all 2012/05/07 - Cherry Blossom Report: Hirosaki One week after my last visit, today I visit Hirosaki again to check out the development of the cherry blossoms at its castle. Main keep and inner... read all 2012/04/30 - Cherry Blossom Report: Hirosaki I write as I am on board the train towards Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture of Honshu, the main island of Japan. The train is quite packed with whom I assume to be tourists, judging... read all 2012/04/29 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kakunodate Kakunodate is one of the Tohoku Region's top three cherry blossom spots, along with Hirosaki and Kitakami. During an average year, by this time around... read all 2012/04/28 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kitakami Kitakami is widely recognized as one of Tohoku's top three cherry blossom viewing spots, along with Hirosaki and Kakunodate... read all 2012/04/28 - Cherry Blossom Report: Hiraizumi Hiraizumi in Iwate Prefecture became recognized as a Unesco World Heritage just last year. Today, I have the privilege to visit the culturally important properties of Chusonji Temple and Motsuji Temple. While neither of these world... read all 2012/04/25 - Cherry Blossom Report: Sendai Sendai is a city close to my heart because it was one of the first places that I had visited during my first trip to Japan to watch the World Cup ten years ago. Today we visit its cherry blossom spots. The city's cherry blossoms... read all 2012/04/24 - Cherry Blossom Report: Fukushima After a short break, today we travel further north into the Tohoku Region to resume our cherry blossom reporting. It looks set to be a good day as we make our first stop at the famed Miharu Takizakura (Miharu weeping cherry tree)... read all 2012/04/15 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kanazawa Today I leave the Kansai Region and make my way to Kanazawa in the Ishikawa Prefecture. Kanazawa is a city that I like a lot because I personally feel it has a very cultured atmosphere. It is home to Kenrokuen Garden, one of the top... read all 2012/04/14 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto The cherry blossoms are beautiful, but their ephemerality makes it sad at the same time. Don't we all wish that the cherry blossoms will remain forever? But then again, such is the nature of humans that they'd be taken for granted if... read all 2012/04/11 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto It looks set to be a wet day. Weather forecasts have indicated rain nationwide, with many cities likely to see lightning. I am making my way back to Kyoto to revisit Arashiyama and Maruyama Park, and I wonder how the cherry... read all 2012/04/10 - Cherry Blossom Report: Hiroshima Tomorrow is expected to be a rainy day all across Japan, so please prepare your umbrellas if you will be here. Depending on the intensity of the rain, the life span of the cherry blossoms may be shortened, so let's all hope for not too... read all 2012/04/09 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto After spending a day at Osaka, I returned to Kyoto yesterday, and I witnessed an invasion: that of tourists, both local and foreign, who poured into the streets of the old capital. Walking along the streets, I heard different dialects of... read all 2012/04/07 - Cherry Blossom Report: Osaka For those who would like to know some Japanese terminology in relation to cherry blossoms in Japan, kaika (開花) is the instance when... read all 2012/04/06 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto I heard that the samurai liked cherry trees because they could identify their own lives with the transient nature of the cherry blossoms: impermanent, yet glorious. Today our team reports from the three big cities of Kyoto, Tokyo... read all 2012/04/04 - Cherry Blossom Report: Fukuoka If you haven't already noticed, castles - or the remains of them - are usually good places to do hanami (cherry blossom viewing). If you happen to be in Japan during the cherry blossom season and do not know where to go to see them, the... read all 2012/04/03 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kumamoto Today we travel to Kumamoto, the city with the famous Kumamoto Castle, one of the most beautiful in Japan. Kumamoto is usually one of the first cities in Japan to reach full bloom. Indeed, the Weather Agency announced... read all 2012/04/02 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kagoshima It's that time of the year again! From today for about a month, the japan-guide team will be sweeping Japan from south to north, bringing you coverage of the cherry blossoms at famous locations across the nation. The cherry blossoms... read all 2012/03/22 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo Today we headed for Tokyo to do our second cherry blossom report for the year. As the weather didn't become much warmer over the past week, we weren't expecting much progress from our... read all 2012/03/08 - Plum Blossom Report from Kairakuen, Mito Kairakuen in Mito, Ibaraki, is regarded as one of Japan's top three landscape gardens, and it is famous for its plum tree grove. This... read all 2012/03/07 - Trip to Iwaki, Fukushima Aloha! Today a trip to Spa Resort Hawaiians is in place, and I'm feeling groovy already. For those who have watched the award-winning Japanese movie Hula Girls, you might be familiar with the city of... read all 2012/02/21 - Plum Blossom Report from Tokyo Today we visited the Yushima Tenjin Shrine and the Koishikawa Korakuen in Tokyo to check out the progress of the blossoming of the plum tree flowers. The plums, or ume in Japanese, often bloom about a month before the sakura, and... read all 2012/01/30 - Skiing in Inawashiro, Fukushima A memorable experience skiing at the Inawashiro Ski Resort read all 2012/01/27 - Kusatsu Hot Springs A day which starts with a trip to an onsen can't be bad, especially if it's to Kusatsu. It was a beautiful day: nice sunshine, clear sky, good company. It was cold but not too cold - a heart charged with excitement brings with it... read all

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