A neat spot for cherry blossoms along Arakawa river - if you're lucky regarding the timing combined with colouful Shibazakura Location:...

Around mid February Matsuda hosts another neat matsuri. This time for Kawazu-Sakura and it also features a nice Lightup and on clear days...

Around Mid-Feburary. It's a small place, it's distant (though in Tokyo), there is no matsuri or anything and in the first place there...

Around mid February there are some Ume matsuris in Tokyo, but to get the real feel (i.e. large fields or parks of plum trees) some travel...

Mid Jan - Mid Feb. Starving for blossoms in January? Fed up with winter illumination? Don't want to wait for Plum blossom or Kawazu...

Late November/ Early December. The beautiful Plum Garden in Atami is also worth a visit for autumnleaves not just for Plum blossom and...

End of November enjoy autumn leaves at a quite underrated place close to Odwara. Location: You can take a Bus from Daiyuzan station but...

End of November this small but beautifully lit up garden is worth a visit though it can't compete with Rikugien. Location: Take Yamanote...

Mid of November the autumn leaves festival at lake Kawaguchiko takes place - featuring light up of the maple corridor. Though strolling...

Gunma Koyo: A wonderful quiet stroll from Iwashima station to Kawarayu-Onsen Station with autumn leaves, lakes, bridges and splendid...

More relaxed than actually hiking Tanigawadake and it's ridgeline is going zu the area for Momiji/ enjoying Koyo. Timing would be mid of...

Around Autumn Equinox (23rd Sept). Not as well known as other flowers and difficult to time but beautiful. A countryside visit to see...

End of June: Kamakura is way too crowded or too far but still want a temple-like environment for Ajisai? Want to be virtually alone to...

End of June: It's just a sidenote as it is a rather distant and small event. Out in Musashi-Ranzan at a large Lavender field some (not...

To my knowledge, this might be the top spot for Hydrangea in Tokyo. Beneath Asukayama Park a small alley provides with an incredibly nice...

Mid of June Kamakura area offers some nice spots to see Hydrangea. Meigetsuin and Engakuji temple as well as Hase dera for instance....

Mid June. Rainy season is hydrangea season and in Tokyo the Hakusan shrine is the place for the corresponding matsuri. It's a rather...

Late April to early May for maybe two or three weeks Ashikaga Flower Park turns into a hotspot for flowerlovers. Wisteria in Kameido...

Mid to late April. Like Shibazakura in Chichibu this might not be something for those on a time budget. It's distant, it's just one spot...

Late April for a short time Azaleas get to full bloom and most famous spot in Tokyo to see them is Nezu shrine. Don't be too late or too...