Cherry blossom is three weeks of it. Flip through the other forty-nine — and watch what's in bloom move up and down the country.
The calendar is the way in. Underneath it sits the ordinary thing — search, filter by month or flower, and open any of the 412 spots.




Photos t-konno (CC BY-SA 3.0) — via Wikimedia Commons
A hot-spring town in a river gorge about an hour from Sapporo, at its most colourful around the Futami suspension bridge. In October a "kappa" sightseeing bus with local guides tours the best leaf spots.