Food Tanabe’s Famous Plums Alena Eckelmann The Tanabe area has the most ume (Japanese plum) orchards in Japan. Many farmers and companies here produce ume foods, such as umeboshi..
Activities Welcome Spring with Ume Viewing Alena Eckelmann The Kishu Ishigami Tanabe Ume Orchards near Tanabe City in the south of Wakayama Prefecture have more than 300,000 ume trees. The..
Activities Oboshi Park Cherry Blossom Festival Kim Bergström Yamanashi's Oboshi Park is a delight during spring for cherry blossom fans. The grounds here are home to around 2000 cherry..
Activities Matsumae Park Cherry Blossom Festival Kim Bergström From around late April to late May, Hokkaido's Matsumae Park comes alive with around 10,000 cherry trees in bloom from hundreds..
Activities Wake Fuji Park Wisteria Festival Kim Bergström The Wake Fuji Park in Okayama was opened back in 1985, and is home to Japan's largest collection of wisteria varieties. From..
Activities Sakura Season Along Sapporo's Shinkawa River Kim Bergström From around late April to early May each year, the banks of Sapporo's Shinkawa River are filled with the springtime beauty of..
Activities Senkoji Park Sakura Festival Kim Bergström Each year during spring, Senkoji Park in Onomichi is home to over 1000 cherry trees in bloom. The park is listed as one of Japan's..
Accommodation Sendai's Koyo Grand Hotel Lobby Peter Sidell Not far from Sendai station in northern Japan's Miyagi prefecture, the Koyo Grand Hotel was founded by an avid collector of..