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 444 spots.



Photos Hiroaki Kaneko (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Kazuhiro Tsugita (CC BY 3.0) — via Wikimedia Commons
Deep-pink kanhizakura line the path from the gate up to the main enclosure of these World Heritage castle ruins, about 630 trees across the site. The Nakijin Gusuku cherry festival, usually from late January into early February, lights them up in the evenings.