It is the yearly Sakura season also known as the Cherry Blossom Flowering forecast, knowing that lots of people have been posting the forecast. As for me, I have made the chart and done some little research comparing two of the Japan weather forecast news of the prediction of the Cherry Blossom flowering period.
Japan Meteorological Corporation report
Currently, the first forecast for Cherry Blossom 2017 is out.
(Taken from: Japan Meteorological Corporation)
4th forecast for Cherry Blossom 2017 :
Update of Cherry blossom forecast edited on 24/2/17.
Sakura Northern Japan（Hokkaido・Tohoku）
| Hokkaido | Forecast Blooming (Around) | Expected Full Bloom Period | Flowering date in average year |
| Sapporo | May 2 | May 5 | May 3 |
| Asahikawa | May 4 | May 6 | May 3 |
| Obihiro | May 3 | May 6 | April 30 |
| Kushiro | May 14 | May 18 | May 10 |
| Muroran | May 2 | May 7 | May 6 |
| Hakodate | April 26 | May 7 | April 30 |
| Northern East | Forecast Blooming (Around) | Expected Full Bloom Period | Flowering date in average year |
| Sendai | April 3 | April 9 | April 11 |
| Aomori | April 17 | April 21 | April 24 |
| Akita | April 15 | April 19 | April 18 |
| Morioka | April 14 | April 21 | April 21 |
| Yamagata | April 9 | April 13 | April 15 |
| Fukushima | April 4 | April 9 | April 9 |
Sakura East Japan（Koshin・Hokuriku・Tokai Kanto）
| Hokuriku | Forecast Blooming (Around) | Expected Full Bloom Period | Flowering date in average year |
| Niigata | April 6 | April 11 | April 9 |
| Toyama | April 5 | April 10 | April 5 |
| Kanazawa | April 2 | April 8 | April 4 |
| Fukui | April 3 | April 8 | April 3 |
| Kanto.Koshin | Forecast Blooming (Around) | Expected Full Bloom Period | Flowering date in average year |
| Tokyo | March 20 | March 29 | March 26 |
| Mito | March 29 | April 6 | April 2 |
| Utsunomiya | March 29 | April 5 | April 1 |
| Maebashi | March 29 | April 5 | March 31 |
| Kumagaya | March 25 | April 1 | March 29 |
| Choshi | April 1 | April 8 | March 31 |
| Yokohama | March 23 | April 1 | March 26 |
| Kofu | March 25 | April 1 | March 27 |
| Nagano | April 9 | April 14 | April 13 |
| Tokai | Forecast Blooming (Around) | Expected Full Bloom Period | Flowering date in average year |
| Nagoya | March 26 | April 4 | March 26 |
| Shizuoka | March 26 | April 4 | March 25 |
| Gifu | March 27 | April 4 | March 26 |
| Tsu | March 30 | April 4 | March 30 |
Sakura West Japan（Kinki・Chugoku・Shigoku・Kyushu）
| Kinki | Forecast Blooming (Around) | Expected Full Bloom Period | Flowering date in average year |
| Osaka | March 29 | April 5 | March 28 |
| Hikone | April 3 | April 10 | April 2 |
| Kyoto | March 28 | April 5 | March 28 |
| Kobe | March 30 | April 7 | March 28 |
| Nara | March 29 | April 5 | March 29 |
| Wakayama | March 27 | April 3 | March 26 |
| Chugoku | Forecast Blooming (Around) | Expected Full Bloom Period | Flowering date in average year |
| Hiroshima | March 26 | April 3 | March 27 |
| Okayama | March 30 | April 6 | March 29 |
| Matsue | March 31 | April 7 | March 31 |
| Tottori | March 31 | April 8 | March 31 |
| Shimoneseki | March 27 | April 5 | March 27 |
| Shikoku | Forecast Blooming (Around) | Expected Full Bloom Period | Flowering date in average year |
| Takamatsu | March 30 | April 7 | March 28 |
| Tokushima | March 31 | April 8 | March 28 |
| Matsuyama | March 25 | April 5 | March 25 |
| Kochi | March 25 | April 1 | March 22 |
| Kyushu | Forecast Blooming (Around) | Expected Full Bloom Period | Flowering date in average year |
| Fukuoka | March 23 | April 1 | March 23 |
| Oita | March 27 | April 7 | March 24 |
| Nagasaki | March 26 | April 4 | March 24 |
| Saga | March 25 | April 2 | March 24 |
| Kumamoto | March 25 | April 3 | March 23 |
| Miyazaki | March 30 | April 8 | March 24 |
| Kagoshima | April 2 | April 11 | March 26 |
Sakura Weathermap report
As it is in Japanese only, I will do a simple translation of the article.
(Taken from: Sakura weather map)
This year the Sakura/ Cherry blossom blooming will be the same period as previous year from Kanto area to Kinki・Sanin. As for Shikoku and Kyushu area, it will be slightly later than last year.
As this year the winter season is warmer from Kanto to the west area. It actually causes the buds of the cherry blossom to be slower in breaking the dormancy and flowering to full bloom, thus the late blooming.
From now till the start of February the temperature will still be high, and thereafter temperature will be slightly higher than last year. However, this high temperature will not continue long, due to this reason the cherry blossom are unable to bloom the same period as last year and a little late.
Due to the warm winter in West Japan, which causes the delay in blooming of the cherry blossom, it is predicted that blooming of the flower will start at the end of March from Kanto to the west area all at a time. As for other areas, it will be around April that the Cherry blossom will start to bloom.
Fourth forecast for Cherry Blossom 2017 :
**To note this is only a rough prediction of the Cherry blossom period for latest update you will need to visit Sakura Navigation 2017 (Only in Japanese). Their system will update every Thursday, on the latest condition of the blooming of Sakura flower/ Cherry Blossom.
(Update: 27/2/17)
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