Best peach blossom spots to visit in Japan
Mar 03, 2025
Best peach blossom spots to visit in Japan
When we talk about spring in Japan, the first thing that would come to mind is cherry blossom, right? Although cherry blossom is the most popular spring flower in Japan, other beautiful flowers bloom around the same time, including peach blossom.
Peach blossoms are in season from late February to early March, and the doll festival “Hinamatsuri” is celebrated on March 3 on “momo no sekku”, the time when peach flowers bloom.
To give you more insights into this, we’ve picked up some of the best peach blossom spots to visit when you’re in Japan!
Index : Best peach blossom spots to visit in Japan
1. Koga Park, Ibaraki
Koga Park is a park in the center of Koga City, Ibaraki, with a 250,000 square meter area featuring a large swamp and a lotus pond. The park is home to several traditional Japanese farmhouses and the grave of Yoshiuji Ashikaga (1537-1597), a former governor of the area.
A spring festival called the “Koga City Peach Blossom Festival” is held annually from late March to early April, featuring more than 1,500 peach trees covering the park grounds with their dainty pink and white flowers. Numerous special events and performances also take place during this amazing festival.
2. Fuefuki, Yamanashi
Yamanashi is known as the largest peach producer in Japan, and one of the best spots to enjoy peach blossoms in Japan is in Fuefuki City. Also known as the “Peach City”, particularly for the numbers of peach trees growing there, the city is also home to the Togenkyo Spring Festival, an annual spring festival exhibiting beautiful peach blossoms.
During the festival, thousands of peach trees cover the valley with their pink blossoms, and the best time to visit the area is from late March to mid-April, when the blossoms are at their peak.
3. Achi Village, Nagano
Achi is a village in Nagano, and the area is famous for its beautiful starry sky and peach blossoms. The peach trees were brought from Germany and planted in the area around a decade ago, particularly in 1922. Ever since then, those peach trees continue to grow, and now over 10,000 peach trees are blossoming in the village, creating a breathtaking spring scenery every year.
Around 5,000 peach trees are growing on Route 256, which is known as the Peach Tree Strip (Hanamomo Kaido), and there are at least six viewing spots you can stop at along that road. and the village is just a 10-minute taxi ride from Iida Station.
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