If You Are lucky Enough To Live In Japan,

the first of the cherry blossom season will be upon you,

I could not find the photographer for the fist two photographs, but in them you can see that the Kawazu-zakura festival started in early February and was supposed to run through 2/28 but has been extended through 3/5 due to a seasonally late bloom,

nearly 8000 cherry blossom trees line the Kawazu river. From Tokyo it’s about 2 hours and 40 min on the Odoriko train,

photograph by ____nishi_8686____  for the past few years with the covid pandemic raging it has been just a shadow of it's former self, 

photograph by irodori, but this year has returned with everything that regular visitors to the blossom lovers expect here,

helpfully and with the courtesy of the JFC the above shows the 桜前線 sakura zensen (cherry blossom front), Tokyo will be one of the first cities to see cherry blossoms, where flowers are expected to bloom around March 18 and peak on March 27. Meanwhile, Kyoto’s and Osaka’s blossoms are predicted to begin flowering on March 24 and 26, respectively. Kyoto is expected to hit its peak blooming time on April 2, while Osaka will peak on April 3, what a fabulous trip that would be, to follow the schedule and visit all of the sakura zensen, would I like to go? you bet!