Off the Beaten Track CHERRY BLOSSOM Spots in Tokyo 🌸🌸🌸 Sakura in Japan 2025
Tips for cherry blossom season and off the beaten path places to see the sakura in Tokyo and avoid the crowds.
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Cherry blossom season’s the most popular time of year to visit Japan. Both locals and tourists want to enjoy the sakura and have hanami parties under the blossoms, so it can be busy. So in this video, here’s a selection of less crowded places where you can see cherry blossoms – a few hidden gems in Tokyo! Plus suggested routes, mini itineraries and ideas for how to spend your day in Tokyo.
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00:00 Intro
00:54 Are the popular spots worth visiting?
01:40 How to find out where the sakura are out
02:24 What if you’re too early/late?
03:43 Off the beaten track spots
03:53 Asukayama Park
04:58 Asakusa Sumida Park
05:37 Kasai Rinkai Park
06:11 Shiori Park
06:28 Sotobori Park
07:54 Toneri Park
08:29 Yanaka Cemetery
09:03 Jindaiji Botanical Garden
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25 Comments
I don’t see why 😂
Or it’s raining all the time 😂
Those Cherry Blossoms 🌸 look so beautiful there in Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵 I would love to visit soon!! I enjoyed the video, Amy, and thanks for sharing! ❤
I'll be going to Kawazu next week for their early blooming cherry blossoms, hope my timing is good
My question is, is it usually cold in Hokkiado in early/mid March? I checked the weather forecast and it says it will snow with -2 to +3 degrees. I didn't expect to have to go to Sapporo in a winter coat and hat in March. 😢
I'm hoping to catch the cherry blossoms, but I'm afraid we're going too early (going in March) 😓. Do you have any more recommendations for plum blossom viewing? Ill try to go to Kawazu when we're there!
Off-the-beaten-path spots are cool but I get a bit mad when people get snobby about popular spots and act like not going makes them superior, like it's popular for a reason
Going on 19th of March hoping to catch the sakura, so perfect video!!
Tonnes of great info here. 👍
I'll be staying right by Ueno Station in mid-April, so I'm excited for the possibility of having good timing in a perfect location. But even if it doesn't quite work out, I'll take it as it comes. 😊🌸
Perfect Amy. We tried to plan our trip AFTER cherry blossoms to miss peak crowds but according to current forecast we will arrive during peak so now I am kind of excited about it. Looking to take a walk the evening after we arrive to a lighted area.
I already bought the app!
Oh wow, so beautiful. Some really good tips, thank you!!!! My travels have always been between Oct-Feb so i do not get to see them. Hoping i will one day. The stand outs for me would be to catch and see the Toden Arakawa line and hiring a rowboat in Chidorigafuchi. Also like the Motchi necklace. Thank you again.
Every April in Toronto on Sakura located at Bloor West & Keele and it will bloomed.
I did Sumida, Shiori and Ueno on 1st April last year was plenty of sakura tho a lot less dense than on this vid. The "Instagram tree" near the Skytree was threadbare I'd completely missed it! Was way more Sakura further south in Fukuoka a few days later – I guess people can go Sakura Chasing!
So happy you didn't reveal my favourite hidden Sakura spot in Tokyo. 😃I actually have two. One pretty far out but still very accessible. And one small street in the central Tokyo. Hoping to go there again next spring maybe. Sakura spots are too overcrowded nowdays.. key is to go really early in the morning. But the light is not great if you want to take good photos.
We're planning a trip for November and we're hoping to catch the Shikizakura in Aichi, do those get as busy as the main sakura season spots?
It looks like I’m going to be about a week late for Tokyo, but maybe I’ll get lucky like last year and the forecast will keep getting pushed back
Thanks for the tips! I'll be in Tokyo in early to mid-April and am hoping to catch some of the later-blooming cherry blossoms. Do you have any park recommendations for those?
Love your hair btw.
Last year I was on a layover in Tokyo and noticed a blossoming small tree around the 20th of January walking from shibuya to harajuku
I agree 💯 about crowds in Japan, they usually ARE more bearable. I am autistic but my stress level is much lower when in Japan, even though places like Shibuya can be extremely crowded…
Compliments to this video. So many attractive things to see❤
Thank you for another amazing video, Amy ❤ We will be in Japan for the first time from March 17th until April 9th. I am a bit bummed because it looks like cherry blossom season will again be later than usual 😢 According to the app we will pretty much miss out on the full bloom everywhere we go 😢 I really wanted to see peak season. I hope we can still enjoy at least some cherry blossoms…. Although a friend of mine told me there is a huge difference between start of blooming and full bloom. I mean I knew this could happen but I hoped to nail it with the dates 😅 wish us luck please 🌸
I am
Feeling overwhelmed think of my first trip to jap. Going on from apr 13 to apr 19
Good content . Hard pass on the hair.