cherry blossom tours of japan

Japan Cherry Blossom Tours 2027

We run two Japan cherry blossom tours in 2027, each a small group tour led by our Tour Directors, twin share, at one inclusive price that covers all breakfasts, and all other meals as detailed in the itinerary. The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan spends twelve days between Tokyo and Osaka, with two nights beneath Mount Fuji, then Kyoto and Kinosaki Onsen, from 30 March to 10 April 2027; the Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido spends thirteen days across the north, from the castle town of Matsumae to the gardens of Sapporo, from 28 April to 10 May 2027. Both are guaranteed departures. To travel privately, on the dates you choose, The Private Collection offers four ready-made journeys, and the Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone.

2027 tours
The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan and the Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido
Group
Limited to 8 guests, twin share
On your own dates
Classic Japan, eleven days
See the tours
Mount Yoshino at dusk from above, the temple town lit along its ridge and the slopes below white with wild cherry
Mount Yoshino at dusk, the temple town lit above the wild cherry, Nara
The pale falling branches of a weeping cherry in flower, a pine and a tiled temple roof behind
A weeping cherry before a temple roof

The two tours meet the blossom in two different Japans. The Classic takes the old heart of the country: the cherry along the Imperial Palace moat in Tokyo, two nights beneath Mount Fuji, Kyoto, and the willow-lined canal of Kinosaki Onsen. The Hokkaido tour opens at Matsumae, the northernmost castle town in Japan, where some two hundred and fifty varieties of cherry grow around the castle, and closes in the gardens of Sapporo. Hanami, the custom of sitting beneath the blossom, is kept twice on each: a picnic laid under the trees, the way the court kept it a thousand years ago.

the 2027 tours

The cherry blossom tours of 2027

Two published tours with set dates, led by our Tour Directors, and Classic Japan from The Private Collection, a journey of your own on the dates you choose.

side by side

The two tours, side by side

Dates, length and route of each tour
TourDatesDaysWhere it goes
The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan30 March to 10 April 202712 daysTokyo, Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Kinosaki Onsen, Osaka
The Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido28 April to 10 May 202713 daysOnuma, near Hakodate, Lake Toya, Noboribetsu Onsen, Lake Shikotsu, Sapporo
Classic JapanThe Private CollectionOn the dates you choose11 daysTokyo, Kyoto, Kinosaki Onsen and Osaka

on both tours

What every cherry blossom tour includes

  1. Your Tour Directors

    They open the doors and take care of every arrangement, at every ryokan, every table and every transfer.

  2. Where you stay, every night

    You stay in the finest luxury hotels and ryokan in Japan, each one chosen personally by us for its luxury, its comfort and its setting.

  3. Hanami, twice on each tour

    Picnics laid beneath the blossom: in Tokyo and in Kyoto on the Classic, from a Michelin-starred kitchen, and at Matsumae and Moerenuma Park in Hokkaido.

  4. The table

    Kaiseki at a two-Michelin-star restaurant in Kyoto and Tajima beef at a ryokan kept by one family for seven generations at Kinosaki Onsen on the Classic; kaiseki in a private dining room at a ryokan in Noboribetsu, two nights running, in Hokkaido.

  5. Every transfer, private

    A private chauffeur at the airport, arriving and departing; first-class rail between the cities of Honshu, and a private vehicle on certain days in Hokkaido.

For each tour, every activity, every entrance and every arrangement in between comes at one inclusive price: all breakfasts, and all other meals as detailed in the itinerary. $3,500 per person secures your place; the balance is due 95 days before departure. Safe, secure, encrypted payment, by card or bank transfer.

hotels and ryokan

Where the cherry blossom tours stay

Every hotel and ryokan is set out on its tour. Where its page is written, the name leads to the rooms, the onsen and the setting. Our guide to the hotels and ryokan of Japan.

The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan

The Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido

Classic Japan, The Private Collection

The places on the way

questions

Cherry blossom tours of Japan, your questions answered

What are the best cherry blossom tours in Japan?

For a first spring in Japan, The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan: twelve days through Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Kinosaki Onsen and Osaka, with kaiseki at a two-Michelin-star restaurant in Kyoto and an evening with the geiko and maiko of Gion. For the north of Japan, or a second spring, the Hokkaido cherry blossom tour: thirteen days from the castle park of Matsumae to the gardens of Sapporo, with onsen ryokan on the lakes between. Both are led by our Tour Directors.

When are the 2027 cherry blossom tours?

The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan runs from 30 March to 10 April 2027, and the Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido from 28 April to 10 May 2027. Both are guaranteed departures. How the blossom moves through Japan, city by city, is set out in our cherry blossom forecast for 2027.

How much does a cherry blossom tour of Japan cost?

Each tour carries one inclusive price per person, twin share, set out on its own page: The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan and the Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido. The price covers all breakfasts, and all other meals as detailed in the itinerary. It covers every night in luxury hotels and ryokan, your Tour Directors, private transfers, and every activity and every entrance on the itinerary. $3,500 per person secures your place, and the balance is due 95 days before departure. Payment is safe, secure and encrypted, by card or bank transfer.

Are the cherry blossom tours small group tours?

Limited to 8 guests, a truly small group tour. Every guest is eighteen or over, and every place is twin share, for a couple or two friends travelling together.

What is a sakura tour?

Sakura is the Japanese word for the cherry blossom, and a sakura tour is a journey built around it. Ours follow the blossom on set dates: The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan from Tokyo to Osaka, and the Hokkaido cherry blossom tour across the north, each keeping hanami, the custom of sitting beneath the blossom, twice.

Can we see Japan privately, on our own dates?

Yes. The four journeys of The Private Collection are each available across the year, on the dates you choose, with your own Tour Director. Classic Japan, eleven days through Tokyo, Kyoto, Kinosaki Onsen and Osaka, carries its price on its own page. A journey shaped around your party alone, on a route of your own, is the Custom Tour of Japan.

Do you arrange flights?

You book your international flights, and we advise on the routing and the flights that land you in good time for the first evening. The Classic begins in Tokyo and ends in Osaka; the Hokkaido tour arrives at Hakodate and leaves from New Chitose, near Sapporo.

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