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.




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About 300 cherry trees around the moats of one of Japan's twelve original castle keeps, its black walls set off by the pink. For about eight days from three days after the trees open, the grounds are lit up and opened free in the evening for the night-cherry event.