Kansai Cherry Blossom — 2026 Season in Review

The 2026 season, reconstructed from 261 first-party bloom snapshots

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Our Kansai tracking caught the heart of the 2026 season and reached full bloom around April 1. Across 31 closely-tracked spots, 仁和寺 scored among the highest. Peak viewing was concentrated in the days around then.

April 1
Best viewing
First bloom
31
observation-backed spots
261
timestamped snapshots

Best-scoring tracked spots — Kansai

SpotPeak bloom indexObservation coverage
仁和寺85100%
背割堤85100%
大阪城公園85100%
萬博紀念公園85100%
海津大崎85100%
彥根城85100%
佐保川85100%
又兵衛櫻85100%
醍醐寺84100%
東寺84100%
吉野山84100%
夙川公園84100%
嵐山83100%
平安神宮83100%
姬路城83100%

Key facts

When did cherry blossoms bloom in Kansai in 2026?

Full bloom was around April 1. See the season story above for how it unfolded.

Which Kansai spots scored highest in 2026?

仁和寺, 背割堤, 大阪城公園 reached the highest observation-backed bloom index.

How is this data sourced?

Reconstructed from first-party timestamped 2026 bloom snapshots; only spots with sustained real observations (≥50% coverage, confidence ≥0.6) are ranked.

📊 How these dates are derived: First-bloom and full-bloom are region-level dates, computed over the 31 credible spots (the first date the credible aggregate crosses the bloom thresholds), so ghost / low-trackability spots cannot inflate them. First bloom not shown: 2026 data collection for this region began 2026-03-28, already mid-bloom, so the true first-bloom date was not captured (2027 fix: start the pipeline before bloom).

Auto-generated from first-party 2026 bloom snapshots · credible spots only · JapanSakura