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You don\u2019t have to wait for spring to see this special kind of sakura<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Cherry blossoms<\/strong>, as just about everyone knows, are a symbol of spring in Japan. The exact timing of their arrival depends on which part of the country you\u2019re talking about and that year\u2019s specific weather patterns, but the sakura start to bloom between late March and early May, right, as shown once again in the latest cherry blossom forecasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n But while all of that is true, it\u2019s true specifically for the Somei Yoshino, the most common variety of cherry blossom tree. Japan has other kinds of cherry blossoms too, though, and for one of them, the Kawazu sakura\/Kawazuzakura, cherry blossom season is starting this week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n The most famous place for Kawazuzakura, fittingly, is the town of Kawazu<\/strong>, part of Kamo District in Shizuoka Prefecture<\/strong>. This coastal town, as seen in the video above, has a riverside road called Nanohana Road with a canopy of cherry blossom boughs arching over it, and they\u2019re predicted to come into bloom by the end of this week, according to the latest report from Japanese meteorological organization Weathernews, which has released a Kawazuzakura forecast map<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The map can be a little hard to visually process at first, since the ocean off the southern coast of Japan is shown in pink, but it contains the following dates and places.<\/p>\n \u25cf Kawazuzakura Namiki Nanohana Road<\/strong> (\u6cb3\u6d25\u685c\u4e26\u6728\u3000\u83dc\u306e\u82b1\u30ed\u30fc\u30c9) \u25bc Kawazuzakura Namiki Nanohana Road<\/p>\n Also in Shizuoka, the Todaiyama<\/strong> area of the city of Hamamatsu<\/strong> includes a section of the Hanakawa River lined with more than 400 Kawazuzakura trees. As in many places, the bloom at about the same time as the bushes of yellow flowers called nanohana, and the contrast between the pink and yellow petals, especially on a sunny day with a clear blue sky as a backdrop, makes for a striking combination.<\/p>\n\n \u25bc Todaiyama Kawazuzakura<\/p>\n It\u2019s about two and a half hours by train from downtown Tokyo to Kawazu or Hamamatsu, so they\u2019re doable as day trips, despite being two prefecture over from Japan\u2019s capital. You can also see the early-arrival cherry blossoms in Tokyo\u2019s southern neighbor, Kanagawa Prefecture<\/strong>, as two parts of the Ashigarakami District, the towns of Matsuda<\/strong> and Oi<\/strong>, also have good Kawazuzakura spots, Matsuda\u2019s Nishihirahatake Park<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n\n \u2026and Oi\u2019s Oi Yume no Sato<\/strong> park.<\/p>\n\n Both of the Kanagawa locations also boast lines of sight to Mt. Fuji, and with winter often offering the clearest views of the mountain that\u2019s so often hidden in clouds in other seasons, if luck is on your side you might get to see the cherry blossoms, nanohana, and Fuji all at once, and they\u2019re both accessible from Tokyo in about two hours.<\/p>\n Related: Nishihirahatake Park official website<\/a>, Oi Yume no Sato official website<\/a><\/em> You don\u2019t have to wait for spring to see this special kind of sakura. Cherry blossoms, as just about everyone knows, are a symbol of spring in Japan. 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\nKawazu, Shizuoka Prefecture
\nStart of blooming: February 6
\nFull bloom: February 22
\n\u25cf Todaiyama<\/strong> (\u6771\u5927\u5c71)
\nHamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture
\nStart of blooming: February 21
\nFull bloom: March 1
\n\u25cf Nishihirahatake Park<\/strong> (\u897f\u5e73\u7551\u516c\u5712)
\nMatsuda, Kanagawa Prefecture
\nStart of blooming: January 30
\nFull bloom: February 17
\n\u25cf Oi Yume no Sato<\/strong> (\u304a\u304a\u3044\u3086\u3081\u306e\u91cc)
\nOi, Kanagawa Prefecture
\nStart of blooming: February 6
\nFull bloom: February 22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nSource: Weathernews<\/a><\/em>
\nTop image: Pakutaso<\/a><\/em>
\nInsert images: Weathernews<\/em>
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