Kahoen Sakura Festival 2025

Enjoy cherry blossom season at this picturesque Kyoto garden

Venue
Kahoen
When
Early - Late Apr 2025

Kahoen is a mountainside garden in Kyoto known for its seasonal beauty, particularly the numerous sakura trees that bloom during spring. Some of the blossom types at the garden include shidarezakura, the weeping-style of cherry blossom, and omuro sakura, known for blooming later than other sakura types.

Photo: 京都洛北「花宝苑」

The garden will be celebrating the blooming season with a festival running for just over two weeks, and on two Saturdays during the event (Saturday, April 13th and Saturday, April 20th for 2024) the park will be illuminated after dark and open until 8.30 pm. On standard days during the event the opening hours are from 8 am until 5 pm.

The garden during sakura season in 2023
The garden during sakura season in 2023 (Photo: 京都洛北「花宝苑」)

Getting there

Kahoen is best accessed by car, and can be reached in around an hour's driving time from central Kyoto, or around 30 minutes from the Kyoto Jukan Expressway's Sonobe Interchange. On-site parking is available, with standard sized vehicles charged at a rate of 500 JPY.

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