2009 Official (grin) Cheery Cherry Season

Here%26#39;s the latest 2009 Sakura blossoming ';schedule.'; for the Somei Yoshino cherry trees.

It takes a week to 2 weeks (depending on the weather) for the blossoms to fully open.

The dates that you see are for ';kaika = the first bud that%26#39;s going to blossom.'; That means, one teeny tiny flower, so don%26#39;t hold your breath.

Remember that the higher the altitude, the later the blossoming season. If you%26#39;re going to Nikko, plan on at least a week later for the trees to START blossoming.

Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku March 24

Ibaraki, Mito March 26

Tochigi, Utsunomiya March 25

Chiba, Choshi April 1

Kanagawa, March 24

Yamanashi, Kofu March 22

Nagano, Nagano City April 8

Nagoya March 22

Shizuoka March 20

Gifu March 22

Mie, Tsu March 26

Osaka March 27

Kyoto March 26

Kobe March 26

Wakayama March 24

Hiroshima March 23

Okayama March 26

Shimame, Matsue March 27

Kagawa March 26

Tokushima March 26

Ehime March 22

Kochi March 18

Fukuoka March 17

Oita March 18

Nagasaki March 19

Kumamoto March 16

Miyazaki March 16

Kagoshima March 22

Niigata April 6

Toyama April 3

Ishikawa, Kanazawa April 1

Fukui March 31

*Tohoku ';could be'; anywhere from March 18 and Hokkaido from April 8.

The next ';official'; report will be announced on March 18.

Taken from www.ne.jp/asahi/press/media/kaika/kaika.html

*Caveat: These dates are not set in stone. If Mrs. C. Blossom doesn%26#39;t read this post or know about this schedule, she might not inform all her relatives.

Cheers!

2009 Official (grin) Cheery Cherry Season

%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;*Tohoku ';could be'; anywhere from March 18 and Hokkaido from April 8.%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

That%26#39;s way too early for those regions! According to the site you posted, the FORECAST for those regions starts on those dates.

%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;東北地方の開花予想は３月１８日から、

　北海道地方は４月８日から掲載します%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;