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 700 maples line the stream in the valley behind Itsukushima Shrine, most of them Japanese maple. The trees are lit up in the evenings in November.