(2nd Update) Cherry Blossom Festival - Calendar of Events 2024 in Japan

After the plum festival, it's time for cherry blossom festival. Many events are cancelled or reduce the size of events. Please see the calendar of events in 2024 as below. We will keep you updated.

Photo: Fukuoka Now

Year 2024	Events	Time	Venue	Link
8 Mar - 7 Apr	Nijo Castle Sakura Festival	8:45-16:00 Light Up: 18:00-21:00	Nijo Castle, Kyoto	Link
9 Mar	Utsunomiya Castle Cherry Blossom Festival	10:00-15:00	Utsunomiya Castle Ruins Park, Tochigi	Link
15 Mar - 14 Apr	Midtown Blossom 2024		Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo	Link
15 Mar - 28 Jun	Kurayoshi Spring Festival		Utsubuki Park - Kurayoshi, Tottori	Link
15 Mar – 7 Apr	Nihonbashi Sakura Festival		Nihombashi / Yaesu, Kyobashi, Tokyo	Link
15 Mar – 7 Apr	Tsuruma Park Flower Festival		Tsuruma Park, Nagoya	Link
16 Mar – 7 Apr	Ueno Sakura Matsuri	5:00-23:00	Ueno Park, Tokyo	Link
16 Mar – 7 Apr	Spring Breeze Connecting Festival	10:00-17:00	Sumida Park Breeze Plaza, Tokyo	Link
16-24  Mar	Minato Mirai 21 Sakura Festa 2024		Minato Mirai, Yokohama	Link
16-24  Mar	Rikugien Garden Light up	18:30-21:00	Rikugien Garden, Tokyo	Link
16 Mar - 14 Apr	Sagamiko Sakura Festival	Light Up: 18 Mar - 16 Apr	Sagamiko Resort, Kanagawa	Link
16 Mar - 7 Apr	Oedo Fukagawa Cherry Blossom Festival	Light up: 17:00-22:00	Along Oyokogawa River, Monzen-nakacho area, Tokyo	Link
16 Mar – 7 Apr	Bokutei Cherry Blossom Festival	Light up: 18:30-21:00	Sumida Park - Tokyo	Link
16 Mar - 17 Apr	Fukuoka Tower 35th Anniversary Thanksgiving “Sakura Festival”	12:00-22:00	Fukuoka Tower South Plaza	Link
16 Mar- 6 May	Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Garden Spring Festival	Light up: 30 Mar - 7 Apr	Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Garden, Higashiyama Sky Tower - Nagoya	Link
17-Mar	Kawazu Cherry Blossom Viewing	9:00-16:00	Kojima Lake Flower Corridor, Okayama	Link
17 Mar-7 Apr	Sumida Park Sakura Festival	10:00-18:00	Sumida Park, Tokyo	Link
17, 19, 23-24 Mar	Suitopia Konan Sakura Festival	10:00-17:00	Suitopia Konan, Aichi	Link
18 Mar - 7 Apr	Sky Garden “Sky Garden Cherry Blossom Viewing”	10:00-21:00	Yokohama Landmark Tower's 69th floor observation floor "Sky Garden" - Yokohama	Link
19 Mar - 7 Apr	Yozakura Jewellumination		Yomiuriland, Tokyo	Link
20 Mar – 6 May	Nagoya Castle Spring Festival	09:00-19:30	Nagoya Castle	Link
20 Mar - 7 Apr	Satte Cherry Blossom Festival		Gogendo Park, Saitama	Link
20 Mar – 7 Apr	SAKURA EXPO 2024	09:30-17:00  Light up: 18:00-21:00	Expo'70 Commemorative Park – Osaka	Link
20 Mar – 7 Apr	Tsuchiura Cherry Blossom Festival 2024	Light-up 18:00-22:00	Kamishiro Park, Shinkawa (Johoku Town), Sakuragawa River Bank (Sakuracho, Omachi, Ikuta Town) - Ibaraki	Link
20 Mar - 7 Apr	Ibara Sakura Festival	Lighting time: 18:30-22:00	Odagawa embankment (Ihara embankment), Aihara Park - Okayama	Link
20 Mar – 20 Apr	Kimiidera Cherry Blossom Festival	Light up: 18:00-22:00	Kimiidera, Wakayama	Link
20 Mar - 4 Apr	Shinshiro Cherry Blossom Festival		Sakurabuchi Park, Aichi	Link
22-Mar	KIOI STARS	18:00-20:00	Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho Kioi Terrace 3F "Sora no Hiroba"	Link
22 Mar - 9 Apr	Hadano Cherry Blossom Festival 2024	Light up: 18:00-21:00	The riverbank in front of the Hadano Culture Park - Kanagawa	Link
22 Mar - 7 Apr	Okazaki Cherry Blossoms Festival	Light up: 22 Mar-6 Apr 18:00-21:00	Okazaki Park and surrounding areas - Aichi	Link
22 Mar -7 Apr	Mt. Komaki Cherry Blossom Festival	Evening Illumination: 18:00-21:00	Ruins of the Komaki Castle on Mount Komaki - Aichi	Link
22 Mar - 7 Apr	Okazaki Cherry Blossom Festival	Light Up: 18:00-21:00	Premises of Okazaki Park Riverbanks of Otogawa River Walled margins of Igagawa River, Aichi	Link
22 Mar - 2 Apr	Sakura Festival in Chiyoda		Chidori ga fuchi Park-Kudanzaka Park, Tokyo	Link
22-Mar	Fukui Night Blossom	17:30-21:00	Happy Terrace - Fukui	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	Bunkyo Cherry Blossom Festival		Harimazaka Slope in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	Tsuyama Sakura Festival		Tsuyama Castle (Tsuruyama Park), Okayama	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	Fukui Cherry Blossom Festival		Asuwa River and surrounds, Fukui	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	Spring Flower Festival: Canola Flowers and Cherry Blossoms		Shonai Ryokuchi Park, Aichi	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	The Tsurugashima Cherry Blossom Festival	Light up: 18:00-21:00	Tsurugashima Sports Park, Saitama	Link
23-24 Mar	Minami Cherry Blossom Festival	Light up: 22 Mar-7 Apr 18:00-21:00	Event: Maita Park, Yokohama Light up: Ookagawa Promenade (Kannonbashi - Shimizu Bridge)	Link
23-24 Mar	Sakaemachi Sakura Festival		Drum no Sato - Chiba	Link
23-24 Mar	Fukui Castle Ruins Spring Festival		Fukui Castle Ruins - Fukui	Link
23-24 Mar	Iwatsuki Castle Park Cherry Blossom Festival	9:00-21:00 Light up 17-26 Mar (18:00-21:00)	Iwatsuki Castle Park - Saitama	Link
23 Mar - 4 Apr	Kariya Cherry Blossoms Festival		Kamishiro Park and Suhara Park, Aichi	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	Tsuyama Cherry Blossom Festival		Tsuyama Castle (Tsuruyama Park) - Okayama	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	Hayashima Park night cherry blossom light up	Weekdays 19:00-21:00 Sat - Sun 19:00-21:30	Hayashima Park - Okayama	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	39th Fukui Cherry Blossom Festival		Asuwa River Cherry blossom trees - Fukui	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	Sewaritei Sakura Festival	9:00-17:00	Yodogawa Park, Kyoto	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	Maruyama Park Cherry Blossom Illumination	18:00-22:00	Maruyama Park, Kyoto	Link
23 Mar - 7 Apr	Tokorozawa Sakura Town Sakura Festival		Tokorozawa Sakura Town - Saitama	Link
24-Mar	Omura Cherry Blossom Festival	10:30-15:30	Omura Park 3rd parking lot, Nagasaki	Link
24 Mar - 7 Apr	Suigen Cherry Blossoms Festival		Suigen Park, Aichi	Link
24 Mar - 7 Apr	Kaizo River Cherry Blossom		Kaizo River Embankment North side around Kaizo Bridge - Mie	Link
24 Mar - 21 Apr	Koedo Kawagoe Spring Festival		Kawagoe city center - Saitama	Link
24 Mar - 14 Apr	Sankyu Park Sakura Festival	Light up: 18:30-21:00 Fireworks: 19:00 (30 Mar)	Sankyu Park - Okayama	Link
27 Mar - 7 Apr	Fukuoka Castle Sakura Festival	Light up 18:00-22:00	Fukuoka Castle	Link
29 Mar - 7 Apr	Iwakura Cherry Blossom Festival	Light Up: 18:00-21:00	Gojogawa River in Iwakura-City between Meijibashi Bridge, Aichi	Link
29 Mar - 11 Apr	Miyagi Ogawara Cherry Blossom Festival	10:00-16:00, Illumination: 18:00-22:00	3 minutes walk from JR Ogawara station (riverside)	Link
29 Mar - 7 Apr	Okayama Sakura Carnival	10:00-21:00 (Light up from sunset to 21:00)	Asahi River Sakura Road - Okayama	Link
29 Mar - 7 Apr	Himeji Castle Cherry Blossoms at Night	18:30-20:00 (Entrance until 19:30)	Himeji Castle - Nishinomaru Garden	Link
Late Mar - Early Apr	Cherry Blossom Night Viewing	Until 21:00	Nishinomaru Garden, Osaka	Link
30 Mar - 7 Apr	Kakamigahara Cherry Blossom Festival		Shimin Park and along the banks of the Shinsakai River, Gifu	Link
30 Mar – 7 Apr	Atsugi Iiyama Cherry Blossom Festival		Iiyama Hakusan Forest Park, Kanagawa	Link
30-31 Mar	Machida Sakura Festival	10:00-16:00	Serigaya Park, Tokyo	Link
30-31 Mar	Shirotori Garden Cherry Blossom Viewing Event	9:00-17:00	Shirotori Garden, Nagoya	Link
30-31 Mar	Tokiwadaira Sakura Festival	12:30-18:30	Tokiwadaira Sakura Street, Chiba	Link
30 Mar - 19 Apr	Takeda no Sato Weeping Cherry Blossom Festival	Light up: 18:30-21:30	Takekurabe Plaza - Fukui	Link
30 Mar - 6 May	Tsuruga Castle Sakura Festival		Tsuruga Castle Park, Fukushima	Link
30-31 Mar	Unnan City Cherry Blossom Festival	10:00-15:30	Around Kisuki Station - Shimane	Link
30-31 Mar	Meguro River Cherry Blossom Festival	10:00-18:00	Dendo Square Park - Tokyo	Link
30 Mar - 7 Apr	Ueda Castle Cherry Blossom Festival	Light Up: 18:30-22:00	Ueda Castle Ruins Park - Nagano	Link
30 Mar - 14 Apr	Akagi Cherry Blossom Festival		South side of Mt.Akagi - Gunma	Link
30 Mar - 14 Apr	Fuji Kawaguchiko Sakura Festival	10:00-17:00	Lake Kawaguchiko	Link
30-Mar	The 39th Himeji Castle Cherry Blossom	10:00-16:00	Himeji Castle Sannomaru Square, Hyogo	Link
1-14 April	Miyama Sakura Festival		Miyama Park, Okayama	Link
1 - 30 Apr	Akayu Onsen Cherry Blossom Festival		Eboshiyama Park, Yamagata	Link
4-29 Apr	Kitakami Tenshochi Cherry Blossom		Kitakami’s Tenshochi Park – Iwate	Link
5-7 Apr	ARK Hills Sakura Festival 2024	5 Apr 11:00-20:00 6-7 Apr 10:00-20:00	ARK Hills ARK・Karajan Place, Tokyo	Link
5-7 Apr	Roppongi Hills Spring Festival 2024	5 Apr: 17:00-20:00 6-7 Apr 12:00-18:00	Around Roppongi Hills Arena and Mohri Garden, Tokyo	Link
6-7 Apr	Hananomien Cherry Blossom Festival	1st Apr: 9:00-16:00 2nd Apr: 10:00-15:00	Hananomien, Chiba	Link
7-Apr	Takebe no Mori Happone Cherry Blossom Festival	10:00-15:00	Takebenomori Park, Okayama	Link
7-Apr	14th Okatoyoyama Cherry Blossom Festival	10:00-15:30	Kochi Prefectural Museum of History	Link
11-24 Apr	Yaezakura Festival	9:00-17:00	Shizumine Furusato Park, Ibaraki	Link
12 Apr - 6 May	Chichibu Shibazakura Festival		Shibazakura no Oka, Hitsujiyama Koen	Link
13-30 Apr	Odate Cherry Blossom Festival	Light up: until 21:00	Odate City, Akita	Link
15-30 Apr	Aomori Spring Festival		Gappo Park Nogiwa Park - Aomori	Link
19 Apr – 5 May	Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival	9:00-21:00 Light Up: Sunset-22:00	Hirosaki Park, Aomori	Link
27 Apr  - 12 May	Morimachi Cherry Blossom Festival		Aoba Igaku Park - Hokkaido	Link
29 Apr - 5 May	Kanagi Cherry Blossom Festival		Ashino Park - Aomori	Link