Cherry Blossom and Full Bloom Forecast for 2024 (Part 1)
Earlier than normal nationwide bloom, with Tokyo expected on March 19
Japan Weather Association (JWA) released its part 1 forecast for cherry blossoms and full bloom in
83 locations throughout Japan on March 6, 2024.

Trends in blossoming and full bloom
This year's cherry blossoms are expected to start blooming on March 16th from Uwajima, Ehime
prefecture and Sukumo, Kochi prefecture. Sample trees of cherry blossoms at meteorologicalobservatories are expected to bloom in Tokyo and Kochi on the 19th, and on the 20th, bloomingwill begin in Fukuoka and Matsuyama. The blossoms are likely to spread across a wide area fromKyushu to southern Tohoku by the end of March.
The cherry blossoms are expected to be in full bloom in Tokyo and Uwajima on March 25th, andwill be in full bloom over a wide area from Kyushu to Hokuriku by the end of March.
In April, the cherry blossom front will move further north through the Tohoku region, and isexpected to bloom in Niigata on April 3rd, in Akita on the 13th and in Aomori on the 18th. By late
April, it will reach Hokkaido and will bloom in Sapporo on the 27th.
Temperatures are expected to remain at about normal levels across the country, despite repeatedperiods of cold and warm temperatures in early March.
From mid- to late-March, temperatures will likely be higher than normal in many places. As aresult, cherry blossom buds are expected to grow smoothly, and both blossoming and full bloom
are expected to be earlier than normal nationwide, and may even be much earlier than normal insome places.

Cherry blossom forecast map

Bloom forecast dates (Major locations)Cherry Blossom Forecast for 2024
Location(City)

Expected
bloom
date

Compared
to normal
years

Normalbloom
date

KushiroSapporoAomori

May 13Apr. 27
Apr. 18

Earlier

May 16
May 1
Apr. 22

Last
year's
bloom
date
May 1
Apr. 15
Apr. 7

SendaiMar. 31Much
earlier

Apr. 8

Akita
ChiyodaApr. 13Mar. 19

EarlierMuchearlier

NaganoNiigata
Kanazawa
NagoyaOsaka
Hiroshima
Kochi
FukuokaKagoshima

Apr. 3Mar. 28
Mar. 21

EarlierMar. 22Mar. 19
Mar. 20
Mar. 27

Near
normalExpectedfull bloom
dateCompared
to normalyears

Normalfull bloomdate

May 15
Apr. 30
Apr. 22

Earlier

May 19May 6
Apr. 26

Last
year's fullbloomdate
May 4
Apr. 21
Apr. 11Mar. 26

Apr. 4Much
earlier

Apr. 13Mar. 31

Apr. 17Mar. 24

Apr. 4Mar. 14

Apr. 18
Mar. 25

Earlier

Apr. 22Mar. 31

Apr. 7Mar. 22

Apr. 11Mar. 28

Much
earlier

Apr. 16

Apr. 3Apr. 8Apr. 3Mar. 24
Mar. 27
Mar. 25

Mar. 27
Mar. 23
Mar. 17

Apr. 13
Apr. 8Apr. 2
Apr. 4
Apr. 3Mar. 30
Mar. 31
Apr. 5Mar. 31Mar. 30

Mar. 22Mar. 26

Mar.19Mar. 17Mar. 18
Mar. 24

Apr. 8Apr. 2Mar. 30
Mar. 27
Mar. 29
Apr. 6

Earlier

Nearnormal

Mar. 27
Mar. 28
Mar. 24
Mar. 26
Apr. 5* The forecast for Kushiro City refers to Sargent’s cherry (North Japanese hill cherry).

The cherry blossom and full bloom forecast for all 83 locations is available on tenki.jp, a weather
forecast media site below operated by JWA.
https://tenki.jp/sakura/expectation/
Cherry Blossom Forecast
For more detailed information about JWA’s Cherry Blossom Forecast, please find the link below.
https://www.jwa.or.jp/english/service/seasonal-news-cherry-blossom-forecast/【Description of words】
Normal: Average of 1991-2020
Much earlier: 7 or more days earlier than normal
Earlier: 3 to 6 days earlier than normal
Near normal: 1 or 2 days earlier or later than normal
Later: 3 to 6 days later than normal
Much later: 7 or more days later than normal

Originally released in Japanese: 2024/3/6