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While living in Japan, you shouldn’t miss the Sakura season, or the Hanami – flower watching season. In this episode, along with our Japanese homestay hosts, we would like to guide you to the most popular and hidden spot that will capture you in its beauty.
Best cherry blossom spot that you shouldn’t miss in Tokyo!
Shinjuku Gyoen with a thousand sakura trees
In Japanese 新宿御苑, Shinjuku Gyoen is the biggest and most populated park in Tokyo, originally as a feudal lord’s Tokyo residence. Reopened in 1949, as a public park, Shinjuku Gyoen house more than a dozen different varieties of cherry trees.
How to get there:
10 minutes walk East from “New South Exit” of JR Shinjuku Station
5 minutes walk from Shinjukugyoenmae Station
5 minutes walk from JR Sendagaya Station
Homestay with our Japanese hosts:
Ueno Park – Zoo, Museum and Parks
Another crowded park in Tokyo, where you can find 1000 sakura trees on your way to the National Museum and some around Shinobazu Pond. Ueno Park (上野公園, Ueno Kōen) opened to the public in 1873, housing multiple museums such as the National Museum for Western Art, the Tokyo National Museum, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and the National Science Museum.
It’s right outside Ueno station
Homestay with our Japanese hosts:
Chidorigafuchi – Kudanshita station
Chidorigafuchi greenway path its road alongside with the outer of Imperial Palace, while its range from Kudashita station to near Hanzomon station. It will take your soul in the breathtaking beauty sakura sight. You can rent a boat, but picnics are not allowed. However, you can move along the way to the Yasukuni Shrine where you can find another thousand sakura trees.
How to get there:
Within 5 minutes walk from Kudanshita station.
Homestay with our Japanese hosts:
Sumida Park
Next, only hidden within minutes walk from Asakusa station. Little that foreigners know that you can also see Tokyo Skytree while walking along with the sakura trees. All of them were planted by Tokugawa Yoshimune (by his underlings). Do you know there are lots of one-and-only photo spots? Try to check around, you might hit something.
How to get there:
7 minutes walk over a brige from Asakusa station
Homestay with our Japanese hosts:
Mio – near Oshiage station
Kono – 8 years veteran Japanese hosts mother
Meguro canal path
Several hundred meters of sakura trees on your way to the biggest (now) Starbuck Reserves cafe. All trees are lit up (with light, not fire) during the Nakameguro Sakura Festival
How to get there:
Within 1 minute walk from Nakameguro Station
Homestay with our Japanese hosts:
Aoyama Cemetery
Yes, people do a picnic in Cemetery. And actually, you can easily be lost within its huge ground. It’s a beautiful scenery for your loved one, but if you are keen on staying in the graveyard, better just to pass by.
How to get there:
Only five minute walk from Nogizaka Station
Homestay with our Japanese hosts:
Yoyogi Park
Not very huge or have a wide variety of trees, 600 sakura trees were planted around the spacious area. It’s opened to the public in 1967 after serving as Olympic Village for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. From there you can find your way to Meiji Shrine.
How to get there:
Within 5 minute walk from Harajuku Station