Takase: Fine Japanese Calligraphy

FLORAL CALENDAR

Line map inside a ruled frame showing the Japanese islands in outline, running from the upper right diagonally to the lower left, with the main island in the middle and a boxed inset at the upper left showing a northern island. Black lines run across the islands, and dots with small place labels in Roman letters mark many places, most of them on the main island. Widely spaced capitals name the seas and the islands, and a compass mark stands at the left of the main map and in the inset.

Floral Calendar for Cherry Trees

The flowering season of the sakura, cherry trees, in Japan varies according to the kinds or varieties of the trees as well as their localities. In Central Japan the period generally ranges from the latter part of March to about the beginning of May.

(1) Flowering season of the Somei-Yoshino varies according to the localities shown below.

Localities	Flowering Period
Kyūshū	Latter part of March to about April 10;
Shikoku	Latter part of March to about April 10;
San-yō district	Early part of April;
San-in district	Middle part of April;
Kansai district, including Kyoto	Early part of April;
Kantō district, including Tokyo	Early part of April;
Hokuriku district	Middle to latter part of April;
Ōu district	Latter part of April;
Hokkaidō	Early part to middle of May.

Shiro-Yamazakura (white mountain cherry) blossoms about one week later, and Sato-zakura (domestic cherry) about two weeks later.

(2) Flowering season at principal noted cherry resorts, and of noted trees or rare giant trees, varies as follows, the period mentioned being mostly the approximate time.

Localities		Flowering Period
Kyoto and neighbourhood:—
Gion	A noted weeping cherry	Early part of April;
Arashiyama	White mountain cherries	Middle part of April;
Omuro	Domestic cherries	April 20 or thereabouts;
Yoshinoyama	White mountain cherries	Middle part of April;
Kamagatani	White mountain cherries and Higan-zakura	April 10 or thereabouts;
Neodani Usuzumi-zakura	A giant Higan-zakura	Middle part of April;
Kisogawa-tsutsumi	White mountain cherries and Higan-zakura	April 10 or thereabouts;
Kariyado Geba-zakura	A giant white mountain cherry	Middle part of April;
Kowakudani (Hakone)	Somei-Yoshino	Middle part of April;
Tokyo and neighbourhood:—
Koganei	White mountain cherries	Middle part of April;
Arakawa-tsutsumi	Domestic cherries	April 20 or thereabouts;
Sanrizuka	Somei-Yoshino	April 10 or thereabouts;
Kumagaya-tsutsumi	Somei-Yoshino	April 10 or thereabouts;
Ishido Kaba-zakura	A giant sakura (a rare species)	Middle part of April;
Sakuragawa	White mountain cherries	Middle part of April;
Kaiseizan (Kōriyama)	Higan-zakura, white mountain cherries and Somei-Yoshino	Latter part of April to early part of May,
Taki-zakura at Miharu	A giant weeping cherry	Latter part of April,
Chūzenji (Nikkō)	Red mountain cherries	About May 10;
Tsutsuji-ga-oka (Sendai)	Higan-zakura and weeping cherries	Latter part of April;
Kajikawa-tsutsumi	Somei-Yoshino	Latter part of April;
Ōyō Park, Hirosaki	Somei-Yoshino	Latter part of April;
Maruyama Park in Sapporo, Hokkaidō	Red mountain cherries	Middle part of May.