Originally Posted by
kapooncha
I thought the blossoms last approximately a week after peak bloom? So peak bloom 2018 was March 27 so wouldn't that mean they were still up through roughly Apr 3?
Not really, not this year they weren’t.
Chidorigafuchi (Moat near the Imperial Palace) was still beautiful on the 30th March, but that was the last day.
On the 1st April, at the Sakura festival in Musashino Park all the Sakura were well and truly gone.
Only a few late flowering examples were in evidence after the 30th March. It was a very short season this year.
I took a lot of notes recording the status of the Sakura in this thread -
White Day and Cherry Blossom 2018 (starts in earnest from page 3 onwards).
Other years the season has been much longer - but there’s usually a downside, like a bitter cold front, for the blossoms to stall before dropping.