Sapporo, Cherry Blossoms 2022

Date: Late April.

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The forecast of Japan’s cherry blossom season is published by Japan Meteorological Corporation (JMC) and the private weather service Weathermap. The cherry blossoms start blooming around the same time almost every year. Sometimes the dates are just a few days earlier or later than the times written below.

2022 Blossom Timing

In Sapporo, the first blossoms will be out around April 26th. The cherry blossoms will be at their best between April 29th and May 6th. Usually about 4 to 11 days after they start blooming. They bloom a little later in Niseko as there is still snow there

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2021 Forecast of flowering and full bloom dates for each area

［13th forecast announced on April 22, 2021］

Prefecture	Location	Forecasted flowering date	Flowering deviation (days)	Forecasted full bloom date	Full bloom deviation (days)	Flowering date in average year
Hokkaido	Sapporo	4/22	-11	4/27	-10	5/3
Aomori	Aomori	4/13	-11	4/17	-12	4/24
Miyagi	Sendai	3/28	-14	3/31	-16	4/11
Tokyo	Tokyo	3/14	-12	3/22	-12	3/26
Ishikawa	Kanazawa	3/23	-12	3/29	-12	4/4
Nagano	Nagano	3/29	-15	4/1	-16	4/13
Aichi	Nagoya	3/17	-9	3/28	-6	3/26
Kyoto	Kyoto	3/16	-12	3/26	-10	3/28
Osaka	Osaka	3/19	-9	3/28	-8	3/28
Wakayama	Wakayama	3/18	-8	3/27	-8	3/26
Hiroshima	Hiroshima	3/11	-16	3/25	-10	3/27
Kochi	Kochi	3/15	-7	3/23	-7	3/22
Fukuoka	Fukuoka	3/12	-11	3/22	-10	3/23
Kagoshima	Kagoshima	3/17	-9	3/30	-5	3/26

 The flowering or full bloom is announced.

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［10th forecast announced on April 2, 2020］

Prefecture	Location	Forecasted flowering date	Flowering deviation (days)	Forecasted full bloom date	Full bloom deviation (days)	Flowering date in average year
Hokkaido	Sapporo	4/26	-7	4/29	-8	5/3
Aomori	Aomori	4/17	-7	4/22	-7	4/24
Miyagi	Sendai	3/28	-14	4/3	-13	4/11
Tokyo	Tokyo	3/14	-12	3/22	-12	3/26
Ishikawa	Kanazawa	3/26	-9	4/1	-9	4/4
Nagano	Nagano	4/2	-11	4/9	-8	4/13
Aichi	Nagoya	3/22	-4	4/1	-2	3/26
Kyoto	Kyoto	3/22	-6	3/30	-6	3/28
Osaka	Osaka	3/23	-5	4/3	-2	3/28
Wakayama	Wakayama	3/22	-4	3/31	-4	3/26
Hiroshima	Hiroshima	3/22	-5	4/3	-1	3/27
Kochi	Kochi	3/24	2	4/2	3	3/22
Fukuoka	Fukuoka	3/21	-2	4/2	1	3/23
Kagoshima	Kagoshima	4/1	6	4/12	8	3/26

Source: https://n-kishou.com/corp/news-contents/sakura/?lang=en

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Older Predictions

Place	First Bloom	Full Bloom	Current State
Okinawa	Late January	First Week of February through late February
Kagoshima	March 26, 2020	April 6 to 14, 2020
Kumamoto	March 20, 2020	March 30 to April 7, 2020
Nagasaki	March 22, 2020	March 31 to April 4, 2020
Fukuoka	March 17, 2020	March 28 to April 6, 2020
Matsuyama	March 18, 2020	March 29 to April 6, 2020
Hiroshima	March 17, 2020	March 26 to April 2, 2020
Okayama	March 22, 2020	March 29 to April 6, 2020
Nagoya	March 17, 2020	March 27 to April 4, 2020
Kyoto	March 18, 2020	March 26 to April 3, 2020
Osaka	March 20, 2020	March 28 to April 5, 2020
Shizuoka	March 21, 2020	March 31 to April 8, 2020
Wakayama	March 19, 2020	March 27 to April 4, 2020
Yokohama	March 14, 2020	March 23 to March 30, 2020
Kanazawa	March 19, 2020	March 25 to April 2, 2020
Tokyo	March 15, 2020	March 23 to March 30, 2020
Kochi	March 19, 2020	March 27 to April 4, 2020
Nara	March 17, 2020	March 24 to April 1, 2020
Yoshino
Matsumoto
Niigata	March 27, 2020	April 4 to 12, 2020
Nagano	March 28, 2020	April 3 to 11, 2020
Takayama
Fuji Five Lake Areas
Fukushima	March 25, 2020	March 30 to April 7, 2020
Sendai	March 26, 2020	April 1 to 9, 2020
Aomori (Hirosaki)	April 13, 2020	April 19 to April 28, 2020
Akita (Kakunodate)	April 5, 2020	April 11 to 19, 2020
Iwate (Kitakami)
Hakodate	April 21, 2020	April 25 to May 2, 2020
Sapporo	April 24, 2020	April 28 to May 5, 2020

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