The Japan Meteorological Corp has a forecast with a map to indicate when the cherry blossoms will peak. Have you seen cherry blossoms starting where you are?
They also post a "Flowering Meter" every Thursday evening indicating the progress of blooms.
Here are a few images from the last few days in central Fukuoka prefecture in Ogori. The image at top is in front of my office. The two others are at jinja in the city.
Sakuragi Shrine in Noda City.
I went to a small park in my neighborhood where the sakura trees are lovely… I forgot to take a picture 😅😅 I love this park it’s Just the local small park where kids come to play after school but the sakura are lovely 😍
I went to Kinuta Park in Setagaya yesterday, and so many people for a weekday afternoon. Hanami season is now happening.
Despite the gloomy weather this past week, the some yoshino sakura are in full bloom now throughout Fukuoka and northern Kyushu. It was gorgeous alongside this small river nearby in Kiyama-cho, in Saga prefecture, only minutes from Ogori, Fukuoka prefecture. Because the temperature has stayed relatively cool, I think that the blossoms will still be great through the week. They might still be around for the start of the new school and fiscal year in early April. Not bad, considering the forecast was for unseasonable early blooming!
It was drizzling all day, but it's been warm, so I would assume that the blooming will begin in earnest this weekend. Here are two different kinds of sakura trees in Ogori, Fukuoka yesterday. The Some-Yoshino trees (that are the most common type of flowering sakura in Japan) were just starting to bloom (in the photo below). The kawazu-zakura (at top) are in full bloom.
Shimizu Park, Noda City, one of Japan's 100 Sakura Spots. This tree is 155 years old this year.
Yeah, I hope the Cherry Blossoms last until next weekend, I scheduled a photoshoot during that weekend. I agree @mikekato they are coming early this year, probably due to unpredictable weather patterns, I hope foreigners coming to Japan for the sakura don’t miss them.
The kanzakura, the earliest variety to bloom, just passed its peak at Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture. I shot this photo on March 15th.
In Nagoya I believe the peak will be the weekend? I don’t have hanami plans and the weather forecast says rain is coming and rain isn’t good for the fragile sakura flowers🥲
Apparently, the blossoms are expected roughly 10 days to 2 weeks earlier than average. I believe that the "average" year is very different from what was meant even as recently as 10 years ago. The average temperature last year was considerably higher than it has been as well. Although not all of it is attributable to man-made climate change, it seems that we've been saying the same things over and over each year for awhile now. I see that the blossoms are only a few days off here where I live in rural Fukuoka.