[Kyoto Cherry Blossom Admiration Trip] In search of early-blooming cherry blossoms...

It's not easy to plan your trip so that the cherry blossoms bloom exactly when you want them! This year, the cherry blossoms bloomed late, so I used SakuraNavi to go sightseeing in Kyoto in search of blooming cherry blossoms. I'll introduce you to the spots I visited. Please use it for your cherry blossom trip from next year onwards. ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ ●Kodaiji Temple 526 Shimokawaharacho, Kodaiji, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Opening hours 9:00-17:30 Admission fee 600 yen Illumination is available during cherry blossom blooming ・Temple associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife, Kita no Mandokoro Nene ・A weeping cherry tree blooming in the front garden of the Hojo, "Hashintei". It's just one cherry tree planted in a corner of the garden, but its magnificent bloom is a masterpiece. ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ ●Honmanji Temple 6 Tsuruyama-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Opening hours: 10:00-16:00 Free admission ・The large, drooping branches of the weeping cherry tree are magnificent! ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ ●Hirano Shrine 1 Hiranomiya Honmachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 Admission: Free ・There are about 60 types of cherry blossoms, from early to late blooming The weeping cherry blossoms in front of the mountain gate welcome you. ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ ●Yasaka Shrine 625 Kitagawa, Gion-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Opening hours 9:00-17:00 Admission fee Free ・The cherry blossoms next to the Minami-romon Gate are in full bloom ・Maruyama Park is just behind the temple, and the weeping cherry blossoms there are also spectacular ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ ●Kiyomizu-dera Temple 294 Kiyomizu 1-chome, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Opening hours 6:00-18:00 Admission fee 400 yen ・An ancient temple that is a World Heritage Site, with a total of about 1,500 Somei-yoshino and mountain cherry trees in full bloom. ・Cherry blossoms at the bottom of the stairs of the three-story pagoda and in front of the tower gate ・Lighting up also held ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ ●Yasaka Tower 388 Shimizu Yasakakamicho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Visiting hours 10:00-16:00 Admission fee 400 yen ・Take a photo from the top of Yasaka Street on the mountain side from Yasaka Tower A spot full of Kyoto-ness with quaint buildings and a cobblestone road. There are cherry trees along the way, so you can take a beautiful photo of the five-story pagoda and cherry blossoms. ・A spot for weeping cherry blossoms at Akebonotei on Sannenzaka They have been pruned and are now short. ⚠︎I went to both early in the morning, but due to the inbound tourism, there were a lot of foreigners! There were no photos without people in them😭 ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ ●Reizan Kannon 526-2 Kodaiji Shimokawaramachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Opening hours 8:40-16:20 Admission fee 300 yen (incense included) ・Various cherry blossoms such as red weeping cherry blossoms and Kawazu cherry blossoms are in bloom. Other places to see include the weeping cherry blossoms at the Konoe Residence in the Kyoto Imperial Palace and Toji Temple, which we will introduce later. #Sakura2024 #Kyoto #FamousCherryBlossomSpots #EarlyBloomingCherryBlossoms #Kodaiji Temple #Honmanji Temple #HiranoShrine #YasakaShrine #YasakaPagoda #Kiyomizudera Temple #KyotoSightseeing #Trip