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 pakku (CC BY 3.0) · Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan (CC BY 2.0) — via Wikimedia Commons
Hokkaido's highest peak and the first place in Japan to colour: from late August the alpine meadows of rowan, Aleutian heath and Geum around the Sugatami ponds turn red and gold. The ropeway rises 490 m in 10 minutes; about 3,500 yen return.