Cherry blossoms
The banks and avenues Tokyo queues for each spring — a season, so check the calendar.
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Honjo-azumabashi 本所吾妻橋
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Sumida Park隅田公園
A kilometre of riverside cherry trees; the summer fireworks’ front row.
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Ueno 上野
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Ueno Park上野恩賜公園
Japan’s first public park — zoo, national museums and spring’s most famous cherry tunnel.
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Sights on this site come mostly from Tokyo’s official visitor guide; the stations we researched ourselves say so on their own pages. Sources
In season
From the festival calendar — these run on the season, not year-round.
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Ueno Sakura Matsuriうえの桜まつり
Late March to early April, tracking the bloom · Ueno
About 800 cherry trees down the park's main avenue, lantern-lit at night — Tokyo's classic hanami since the Edo era, antique market included.
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Chidorigafuchi Sakura千代田のさくらまつり
Late March to early April, tracking the bloom · Kudanshita
A 700-metre tunnel of blossom over the palace moat, illuminated after dark — rent a rowboat and drift under the petals.
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Meguro River Sakura中目黒 桜まつり
Late March to early April, tracking the bloom · Naka-meguro
Cherry trees arch over both banks of the canal through the boutique district, lit in the evenings — the fashionable end of hanami.
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Sumida Park Sakura墨堤さくらまつり
Late March to early April, tracking the bloom · Asakusa
A kilometre of riverside blossom first planted under the shoguns, with Tokyo Skytree rising behind it and pleasure boats drifting past.