Sewari Park in Yawata is the #1 Cherry Blossom Viewing Place in Kansai

by Kyle Yates | Apr 3, 2014 | Kansai Culture, Kansai Events, Kansai Leisure, Kansai Living, Kansai Parks, Kansai Visitors

Japan is a small largely populated country where the majority of its 128 million residents celebrate spring by going to a park or shrine to see cherry blossoms. Parks and shrines are usually crowded on weekends and popular ones are even crowded on weekdays. This is...

Cherry Blossom Season Begins

by Kyle Yates | Mar 22, 2014 | Kansai Culture, Kansai Events, Kansai Leisure, Kansai Visitors

It’s not quite cherry blossom season but the blooms are beginning their opening process as greenish yellow buds sprout out of the blackish barked stems. Most of the buds have no hint of link or white, but I did see a few with a little extra color. That means it...

Mankai – Fully Opened Cherry Blossoms

by Kyle Yates | Apr 12, 2012 | Kansai Area News, Kansai Culture, Kansai Leisure, Kansai Visitors

Have been visiting cherry blossoms spots all week from Osaka to Kyoto to Nara and the blossoms have finally reached 100%! From this point on, blossoms will begin dropping their petals. Saw some cherry blossoms today in Hirakata shedding. Petals were dropping off and...

Cherry Blossoms at 50%

by Kyle Yates | Apr 9, 2012 | Kansai Area News, Kansai Culture, Kansai Leisure, Kansai Visitors

The past few days before the weekend were warm, but this weekend got a little cooler. Cherry blossoms were about 30 to 40% opened Saturday and about 40 to 50% today, Sunday. With the warm weather we had during the daytime yesterday and today, the blossoms should open...

Osaka and Kyoto Cherry Blossom Report

by Kyle Yates | Apr 4, 2012 | Kansai Culture, Kansai Leisure, Kansai Visitors

Spent the night away from home last night camping. Luckily, it was Japanese style camping where I didn’t even have to sleep in a tent. We slept in a lodging area with a nice bath and campfire indoors. The reason I say we were lucky is a huge storm came through...