Mar26 - Apr 6 seems as good a bet as any.
If you need to - and you’ll know by then if you do need to - adjust your sleep patterns as much as possible before you arrive so that you can hit the ground running and take in the Sakura sights immediately.
I arrived in Tokyo late on the 29th March this year. Went to Chidorigafuchi on the 30th, which was wonderful, and that was pretty much it for the season. Fine examples of individual and small clusters of trees were still around to be enjoyed, but nothing of a grand scale was left.
Similar for us in 2015. Arrived late on the 2nd April and headed straight out to Meguro. The Sakura had pretty much disappeared by the next day.
On the other hand, there are years like 2016 where the Sakura continues for a week or so longer than expected. The season seemed endless. Beautiful, but the downside is that for a prolonged Sakura season to occur it means the weather is uncommonly cold. Dipped to freezing that year, there was even some snow.
We try to go every year but our dates are fixed to what my daughter’s school give her free for Easter. We then see what we can see and work around it. Will arrive very late on the 8th April. Am looking forward to the tulips at Showa Kinen Koen and, hopefully, wisteria just before we return to the U.K.
Last edited by LapLap; Dec 26, 2018 at 4:54 am