It is time to prepare for the cherry blossom viewing trip in Japan in 2017. It takes time to do your homework from ordering air tickets, hotels, and arranging the itinerary attractions. With your own sprint experience in Kansai Keihan cherry blossom viewing, the cherry blossom viewing information guide is summarized in this article. Some online tools and teaching will also be updated frequently, so that novice travellers have the opportunity to enjoy such a beautiful cherry blossom scene!
Japanese cherry blossom viewing archives
The earliest important thing about cherry blossom viewing was when Emperor Saga held a flower banquet at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. The nobles and literati who attended the banquet praised the weak cherry blossoms with poems. It was short but extremely beautiful, as if it were life.In the Shogunate period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi transplanted 700 cherry blossoms from Gyeonggi to Daigo Temple in order to hold a flower viewing party, and built Sanbaoin and its courtyard, and held a banquet of "Daigo Hanami". It is said that he was the one who participated in this banquet. There are more than 1,300 concubines including his son Hideyori, Masamuro Kitasasho, Yodohime and Sanomaru. They still hold an event on the second Sunday of April every year, called the "Toyota Hehanami Line" Flower viewing banquets have gradually spread to different classes and continue to this day, becoming an important element for people to gather in spring.
"世の中に～绝えて桜のなかりせば～ (If there is no cherry blossoms in the world, and there is no sadness of spring passing)" — Heian Era singer, in Yuan Yeping
I have seen cherry blossoms flying in the sky in Tokyo in the Japanese drama "Love Revolution", the hero and heroine meet under the snow petals, and even chant the beauty of the cherry blossoms in the plot. I have always wanted to go to Japan to see the cherry blossoms in person. Sprinting a few times over the years, let us share the big and small things of itinerary planning with you.
How to choose the departure and return time for cherry blossom viewing?
Japan is a long and narrow island country. The spring season comes to warmer from south to north. From February to Naha, Okinawa, to Sapporo, Hokkaido, it is equivalent to three months of cherry blossom dancing.In previous years, the Japanese Sakura Frontline website counted the blooming days and full blooming days of each city over the years. Due to the difference in climate that year, and the increase in climate change in recent years, the difference has increased by more than one week, making it difficult for tourists who want to go to see cherry blossoms.Basically, the Japanese cherry blossom frontline predicts the "blooming day". It takes about a week to warm up to the "full blooming day". Full blooming cherry blossoms can be called the best time to enjoy the cherry blossoms. Because it is too difficult to grasp, it is recommended that the cherry blossom viewing itinerary is 2 days. Too short is easy to take advantage of.
For the itinerary, it is recommended that the departure time be 2 or 3 days after the flowering date, and the return journey is 2 days after the full bloom day. You can enjoy 7 minutes to full blooming cherry blossoms and blowing snow, which is worth the fare.Taking Kyoto as an example, the blooming sunset is in the last week of March, and the full blooming day is the first week of April. The period from March 3th to April 4th is very suitable to go to Keihan to enjoy the cherry blossoms and also include the Ching Ming consecutive holiday, so you can take a few days less false. (Tokyo is also better to leave around this time)
▲ The above is a statistical table of blooming days and full blooming days of each city in Japan from 2011 to 2016.
The 2017 Sakura Frontier (さくら Flowering Idea) predicts the flowering day of each city.
Sakura Frontier (Sakura Frontier) is a contour information website that predicts the blooming dates of sakura in various parts of Japan. As cherry blossom viewing is called a national event, it was officially announced by the Japan Meteorological Agency at that time. Since 2010, it has officially announced the suspension of this forecast service and forwarded it to the private sector. To make predictions.They are:
1. Weathernews Inc
2. Meteorological Map Company (Kosuke Co., Ltd.)
3. Japan Meteorological Association
Japan’s data on the blooming dates of the cherry blossoms is used to summarize the blooming time of the cherry blossoms in the past 30 years across the country, and then, in conjunction with current weather forecasts, depict the cherry blossom frontline of the year.After the first cherry blossom date forecast was released, it was revised about once a week until the last one was published in late April. However, due to the impact of global warming, the prediction of the cherry blossom frontline has become more complicated and difficult. For those who have already purchased air tickets, this website information It can be used as a reference. You don’t need to worry about the flowering time. On the contrary, you can see the full bloom of cherry blossoms if you do enough homework for the scenic spots.
Related Reading ▶️Sakura flowering forecast
Taiwan-Japan flight information and purchase fares
In the past, there was no idea of which airlines would fly directly between cities in Taiwan and Japan. Until this time, I compiled the cherry blossom viewing information. I hope that next time I go to cherry blossom viewing and choose other cities to visit, avoiding the crowds of tourists from Tokyo and Keihan, can I understand the current distribution situation.In addition to traditional airlines, low-cost airlines also have direct flights to the cities with the most frequent visits between Taiwan and Japan. The following chart hopes to help novices choose cherry blossom viewing locations and airlines not to tie up.
Generally speaking, when choosing a flight, I will use the companion as the following distinction:
1. Bring children or elders with you → traditional airlines: Don’t worry about the cumbersome problems of baby strollers and lack of care for elders. In addition, China Airlines and Evergreen are now pushing 30 kg of luggage, and the seats are a little more comfortable.
2. Couples or friends traveling together → Low-priced airlines: The face price is cheaper during the cherry blossom season, but you should pay attention to flight changes or delays when boarding, and remember to insure travel inconvenience insurance.
If you are planning to go to Tokyo and Osaka to enjoy the cherry blossoms, in case of consecutive holidays, this is the best section of the airline business. If you have travel groups and independent travelers like us, you will need air tickets to go there. The fare is unavoidable. It will be very expensive and not cheap. It is already a question of only asking for air tickets and not asking for a "cheap cherry blossom viewing time ticket", but you can still make good use of the tool to compare prices. You can refer to this tutorial.
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In recent years, the craze for cherry blossom viewing has become more and more enthusiastic. It is more appropriate to book the mobile ticket time and face price on low-cost airlines. Early bookings are more appropriate. Low-cost airlines promote spring ticket sales. It may be cheaper at the same time than I bought, because it is still There is a hurdle of "booking a hotel". Buying air tickets and completing hotel reservations earlier will be more insurance than the latter. Therefore, it is delayed until January and February to buy air tickets at low prices. It is very likely that Kyoto Hotels will be available at the end of March and early April. There are super expensive options left.I share the past booking time and price as follows:
1. 2012 Kansai cherry blossom viewing party:
– Booking of tickets in the first week of December at the end of 2011
– Jetstar Airways
– 出發、回程時間：2012/4/7～4/16
-The fare is about 12,000 (tax included, 20 kg)
2. 2013 Kansai cherry blossom viewing party:
– 2012/12/1 booking
– Jetstar Airways
– 出發、回程時間：2012/4/6～4/19
– The fare is about 11,000 (tax included, 20 kg) / Jetstar fare rises to 10 (tax included, 25,000 kg) every 20 minutes. It is strongly recommended not to book separately as it will be affected by the floating fare mechanism
3. 2016 Kansai cherry blossom viewing party:
– 2015/08/02 booking
– Jetstar Airways
– 出發、回程時間：2016/3/28～4/7
-The fare is about 12,000 (tax included, 20 kg)
▲ 2016/12/15 Query 2017 Jetstar Airways fares for your reference.
Is it better to book a hotel or an Airbnb or a homestay?Sharing of various advantages and disadvantages.
Continuing the air ticket experience above, it is true that several cherry blossom viewing trips have gone to the Kansai region. The craze for cherry blossom viewing in Kyoto is booming. Not only foreign tourists but also tourists from various cities in Japan can understand why a hotel is hard to find.Most of the reservations around Kyoto Station are the most convenient. Whether it is to take a bus from the outside of Kyoto Station to various attractions in the city, or take a tram to other counties and cities, it is really a good choice. In recent years, hotel prices have risen and the cost of a night’s accommodation is as high as 1.5 times or more, if you want to live around Kyoto Station within 3,500 Taiwan dollars, there are roughly small-room APA business hotels to choose from. You are reminded to get the ticket first before you can book the hotel in advance at the next level.
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but!To enjoy cherry blossoms in Kansai, it is not necessary to live in the core location of Kyoto Station. Lodging in Osaka is also a good choice to save money. First, there are enough hotels in Osaka, and the price will not increase too much. Second, the drive to Kyoto and Nara is about 30~ It takes 40 minutes to go back to the downtown area of Osaka to be more lively. You can also stroll around and eat in an izakaya.
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- "Recommended Hotels in Osaka" Condominium Residenzi Tsuruhashi: within walking distance to subway, JR and Kintetsu stations.
The growth rate of downtown hotels may not be able to keep up with the number of tourists visiting Japan. Unreserved hotels and too much hotel prices will make newbies consider switching to Airbnb or homestays. In June 2015, a trip to Tokyo once stayed in two Airbnb listings, one room. One living room and one bathroom do bring convenience to accommodation. After booking flights to Osaka in August, I simultaneously booked several Kyoto Airbnb listings in order to save money. However, Airbnb is not yet legal, and neighbours reported that the accommodation was cancelled a week before departure. Not only was I frantically looking for hotels, but also Airbnb. I have to help that landlord deal with more than 6 listings that have been reported to be cancelled.
At that time, I hurried to find a hotel in the Osaka area. Fortunately, the price and transportation location were good, so I no longer recommend staying at Airbnb or "not holding a legal camp" homestay. (You definitely don't want to be cancelled a week before departure like me...)
There are hundreds of cherry blossom viewing spots, how to plan a daily itinerary?
There are many and abundant tourist information websites in Japan. Most of them can find famous spots for viewing cherry blossoms, a sakura and traffic information from various regions. I would like to recommend a useful website for beginners "Japanese Walker 1000 Views of Hanami in Japan". The website will be Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Koshin-Etsu, Hokuriku, Tokai, Kansai, China, Shikoku, and Kyushu are sorted one by one. The middle map quickly selects cherry blossom viewing cities and clicks on to see the number of famous cherry blossom spots. Currently, the number of cherry blossom viewing spots in Kyoto is leading, followed by Tokyo.
Immediately after arranging the smoothness of the itinerary, it is recommended to play in the same area directly, instead of running one east and one west and wasting time on traffic transfers. Taking Kyoto as an example, the philosophy of Zuokyo District, three thousand The courtyard, Heian Shrine, and the Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Garden can be lined up on the same day, and you can visit them one by one in a direct way.And this website also lists the locations of scenic spots, which is very useful.but!Cherry blossom viewing is not as good as the sky. If you arrange a 6-day itinerary, you must maintain flexibility and mobility. If you see that the attraction is fully open on the club or website, you will adjust the time and sprint to the full. This is very necessary and more. Be sure to see the full opening.
Extended reading▶️Ailuzhi has visitedKyoto cherry blossom viewing spots
▲ List of famous cherry blossoms in Osaka.
▲Complete information of the scenic spot, so that you can compare and refer to it at one time when arranging.
▲ There are also 100 famous cherry blossom spots on the website.
▲ The website voted for popular places.
▲ There are even Yezakura spots!
Make good use of internet tools and sprint into full bloom together!
Prepare air tickets, hotels, and itinerary plans. Next, you must consider the contents of your luggage. The most common question you see is to ask about the local weather and how to prepare your clothes. Make good use of the mobile APP to check the local weather and temperature. This is "おしゃれ天気" The software developed by the Japanese company Recruit Holdings provides users with setting forecast data for various parts of Japan. The regions are divided into very fine detail. The weather data uses three intervals of "hourly", "every three hours" and "next week", except for basic temperature and rain data. In addition, there are also information on humidity, wind speed, ultraviolet light, skin beauty, pollen, etc., as well as suggestions for wearing!
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This APP is based on Kyoto, which is the center of flower viewing. It collects and organizes 38 flower viewing locations in the Kyoto area for 150 types of flowers. Among them, the cherry blossom section covers 87 locations for everyone to choose.Select a location, and the software will then list the transportation mode, opening hours, visit fees, address and phone number, etc. The operation is very simple and convenient. The focus is on the offline database. You don't have to worry about using it, you can use it as an e-book!
Finally, I want to see the cherry blossoms, but I am very particular about luck. I hope everyone will stay calm after arriving in the travel city. Cherry blossom viewing in 2013, I saw my friends sharing the philosophy of sakura on FB on 4/5. I thought that I should be able to enjoy the cherry blossoms when I arrived in Kyoto on 4/6. Who knows that I met Chun Lan on that day? The so-called Chun Lan means Strong winds and heavy rains will not only blow down the cherry blossoms, but also affect the Kanku Express train Haruka Keihan. We cannot reach Kyoto directly. We have to change trains from Osaka. When we arrive at the Tao of Philosophy on 4/7, it has become a cherry blossom red carpet. , The famous flowers in downtown Kyoto are all gone.
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How to do it?
Wendy is very good. Seeing that the cherry blossoms in the neighboring city of Shiga are now in full bloom, he quickly reschedules the itinerary. After all, he didn’t want his parents-in-law to come to Kyoto to enjoy the cherry blossoms, but could not see these beautiful scenery. He transferred the itinerary to Shiga, Yoshino Mountain and The bazaars and markets that the elderly love, we are still full of memories that year. This is also the biggest difference from viewing the maple. It is important to grasp the time and timing. I wish the novices can see the sights and enjoyment you want. Atmosphere at that moment.
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