CityBest Late April – early May for the blossom

Hirosaki

A castle town in northern Honshu, famous for 2,600 cherry trees that bloom around Golden Week.

Hirosaki is a castle town in Aomori, at the northern end of Honshu, and its castle park is one of the most famous cherry blossom spots in Japan. Because it is so far north, the trees here usually bloom after most of the country, around the Golden Week holidays at the end of April and start of May.

Cherry blossom along the moat of Hirosaki Castle at night

Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Hirosaki Park

Hirosaki, Japan

2,600 cherry trees around a castle and its moats, blooming in northern Japan when the rest of the country is done.

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Hirosaki Park

Hirosaki, Japan

2,600 cherry trees around a castle and its moats, blooming in northern Japan when the rest of the country is done.