Missed cherry blossoms by about a week last year in tokyo so I'm headed back to Japan. I have been to Tokyo twice and Kyoto and Chiba. Where can I go that's new and still view the blossoms? I don't like going to see temples or the castles but loved the onsen.
Where for best cherry blossoms
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As you learned from last year, that would depend on when.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2011.html
April 6-9. I know that's at peak but forecast were wrong last year I need to get a back up plan, if Tokyo is not in bloom we are hopping on a train but where to?
One of Japan's most crowded, noisy and well-liked spots for cherry blossom parties, Ueno Park features additional than a thousand trees along the street leading towards the National Museum and around Shinobazu Pond.
Check with the weather stations in Japan. Head to Kyoto
http://www.jnto.go.jp/sakura/eng/index.php
Aloha!
Yoshino!
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4152.html
Mount Yoshino (吉野山, Yoshinoyama), in Nara Prefecture, has been Japan's most famous cherry blossom viewing spot for many centuries.
If the forecast is off, couldn't you could check japan-guide to see the most recent predictions? All the information about how to get there would be right there.