Some of these Tokyo attractions are even celebrating the occasion with dedicated plum blossom festivals filled with street food stalls and Japanese cultural performances. RECOMMENDED: Winter ...

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The plum blossoms might get less hype than the cherry ... The annual festival is one of Tokyo's most popular late-winter events, and it takes place for a month from February 8 until March 8.

The main square of Matsuyama Castle features five plum trees planted so visitors can enjoy the view of the castle and the blossoms together. The red plum trees are still in the bud, but their white ...

Ahead of cherry blossom season, the ume or plum blossoms brighten up the colder months in Japan. This guide introduces the different varieties. This type of ume is close to the original species ...

After the cold winter comes the revitalizing spring, brimming with new life and vitality! The gradually warming weather and ...

About 300 plum trees of 30 varieties with both red and white blossoms can be found in Iwamotoyama Park, in the foothills of Japan's most famous mountain. Early-blooming varieties began to blossom ...

While cherry blossoms are often seen as the quintessential Japanese flower, the plum blossom once signaled the arrival of spring. Introduced from China around 1,500 years ago, plums were already ...

Scholar of East Asian Literatures Wiebke Denecke explains that classical Japanese poets wrote poetry about plum blossoms when they were in season. Their compositions shaped Japanese court poetry ...

Cherry blossoms started blooming in central Tokyo on March 14, tying the earliest record set in 2020 and 2021, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Its Tokyo Regional Headquarters ...

Though cherry blossoms in the capital were officially declared to be blooming on March 14, an advisory by the Tokyo metropolitan government to refrain from gathering in large groups has dampened ...