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7 DAY PASS – Cherry Blossoms
Delights Itinerary
Day 2: Sightseeing in and around Tokyo
Spend your second day in Japan checking out some of the most popular cherry blossom viewing spots in and around Tokyo.
Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Tokyo
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Shinjuku Gyoen – Shinjuku Gyoen is a large, spacious public park in Tokyo that features a traditional Japanese landscape garden with ponds,
bridges, islands, and a wide variety of shrubs, plants and trees. To get there using your JR Pass, take the Chuo/Sobu Line to Sendagaya Station.
The park’s Sendagaya Gate is only a five-minute walk away.
Chidorigafuchi – A moat found northwest of the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Chidorigafuchi is an Edo Period site that is home to almost 300 cherry
trees that line its 700-metre long walking path. It is about a 20-minute walk from JR Iidabashi and JR Ichigaya Stations, which are along the JR
Chuo and JR Chuo/Sobu lines.
Koishikawa Korakuen – Considered one of the best and oldest traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen is an Edo Period garden that
features man-made hills, ponds, walking trails, and trees that recreate miniature versions of Japanese and Chinese natural scenery. Take a JR Chuo
line train to Iidabashi Station, and walk about five to ten minutes.
Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots Outside Tokyo
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Yokohama Sankeien Garden – The Sankeien Garden in Yokohama is a large Japanese style garden that houses several historic buildings, teahouses,
the three-storey pagoda and main hall of the old Tomyoji Temple of Kyoto, flowering plants, small rivers and a pond. From Tokyo, take the JR
Keihin-Tohoku Line to Yokohama Station, and then transfer to the JR Negishi Line to Negishi Station. The garden is about a 30-minute walk away.
Yokohama Ookagawa River – The Ookagawa River has a five-kilometre walking trail along its banks that is lined with cherry trees. To get there
from Yokohama Station, take the JR Negishi Line to Sakuragicho Station.
Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 – Minato Mirai 21 is an urban district found by the sea in central Yokohama. To access it using your JR Pass, board a
JR Negishi Line train to Sakuragicho Station.
Mt Fuji – Mt Fuji is Japan’s highest mountain, and is surrounded by many areas that offer fantastic sakura viewing spots, particularly the Fuji Five
Lakes region. From Tokyo, take the JR Chuo Line to Kawaguchiko Station. Please note that transport around the Fuji Five Lakes area is via buses
that are not covered by the JR Pass.
Cherry Blossom Festivals
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Bokutei Cherry Blossom Festival (31 March – 8 April) – This festival is held adjacent to the Sakurabashi Bridge in Sumida, where there is a
1.3-kilometre line of bokutei sakura trees. Take the JR Utsunomiya, Takasaki, Keihin-Tohoku, Yamanote, or Joban Lines to Ueno Station. Then
transfer to the Ginza Line going to Asakusa Station (not covered by the JR Pass, one-way cost is 170 yen). The site is only a five-minute walk away.
Ueno Cherry Blossom Festival (20 March – 8 April) – This festival is held at Ueno Onshi Park, which is home to approximately 800 cherry trees.
It is located about a two-minute walk from JR Ueno Station.
Chidorigafuchi Imperial Palace
Tokyo Sky Tree
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