2022 OSAKA Sakura Story: This Spring, Osaka's Cherry Blossoms Bloom Brilliantly!

The flower language of cherry blossoms is “beauty of the heart” and noble virtue. Spring is almost here again. Osaka's cherry blossoms are about to enter their best viewing season.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we still need to reduce activities and be cautious. We hope together with everyone that next year we can go and enjoy Osaka's cherry blossoms in person.

01 Osaka Castle Park

Sakura at Osaka Castle Park

In this park of about 100 hectares, approximately 3,000 cherry trees bloom magnificently, making it one of the top cherry blossom viewing spots in the Kansai region. From the “Nishinomaru Garden,” where you can see Osaka Castle’s keep tower beyond about 300 cherry trees, many visitors come to enjoy the blossoms every year.

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Chuo Line / Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line: Right at Exit 3-B of “Morinomiya Station”

Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line: About 3-minute walk from Exit 2 of “Osaka Business Park Station”

Tanimachi Line / Chuo Line: About 6-minute walk from Exit 1-B of “Tanimachi 4-chome Station”

Tanimachi Line: About 8-minute walk from Exit 3 of “Tenmabashi Station”

02 Kema Sakuranomiya Park

Sakura at Kema Sakuranomiya Park

This riverside park stretches about 4.2 km from the Kema Washizu weir to Tenmabashi Bridge. Along the Okawa River, an avenue of about 4,800 cherry trees is a famous blossom-viewing spot.

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Tanimachi Line: About 3-minute walk from Exit 1 of “Tenmabashi Station”

03 Cherry Blossom Viewing at the Osaka Mint Bureau!

Cherry Blossom Viewing at the Osaka Mint Bureau!

Every year during the cherry blossom season, the “Mint Bureau Cherry Blossom Avenue” opens to the public for one week—it is a spring tradition in Osaka. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was cancelled in 2021, but in 2022, a reservation-based cherry blossom viewing event will be held.

Click here for the Mint Bureau blog (article posted in 2019)

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Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line: About 12-minute walk from Exit 2 of “Kyobashi Station”

Tanimachi Line / Sakaisuji Line: About 13-minute walk from Exit 3 of “Minamimorimachi Station”

Sakura at Tenmabashi Bridge

Beautiful night blossoms too

Night sakura at Tenmabashi Bridge

From Tenmabashi Bridge over the Okawa River, you can see the cherry blossom avenue along the riverbank. At night, the blossoms are illuminated, creating a completely different atmosphere from daytime.

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Tanimachi Line: Right at the exit of “Tenmabashi Station”

05 Waso So Honzan Shitennoji Temple

Sakura at Waso So Honzan Shitennoji Temple

Shitennoji Temple, built by Prince Shotoku, is the first official Buddhist temple in Japan. Inside the temple, at the “Gokuraku Jodo Garden,” you can enjoy a beautiful scene of about 50 cherry trees blending with a Japanese garden.

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Tanimachi Line: About 4-minute walk from Exit 4 of “Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station”

Midosuji Line / Tanimachi Line: About 9-minute walk from Exit 17 of “Tennoji Station”

06 Utsubo Park – Kanhizakura

Kanhizakura at Utsubo Park

These are Kanhizakura (winter cherry blossoms) blooming in the urban oasis of Utsubo Park. They bloom earlier than ordinary cherry blossoms, with a deep pink color and flowers that hang downward.

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Chuo Line / Sennichimae Line: About 4-minute walk from Exit 1 of “Awaza Station”

Midosuji Line / Yotsubashi Line / Chuo Line: About 4-minute walk from Exit 28 of “Hommachi Station”

These are Kanhizakura. They bloom earlier than ordinary cherry blossoms, with a deep pink color and flowers that hang downward.

07 Nagai Park

Sakura at Nagai Park

In this vast sports park of about 70 hectares, approximately 500 cherry trees bloom splendidly. You can jog while enjoying the blossoms or have a picnic under the trees—a hidden gem.

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Midosuji Line: Right at Exit 3 of “Nagai Station”

08 Parks and roadside cherry blossoms found along the Osaka Metro

Parks and roadside cherry blossoms found along the Osaka Metro

There are many other cherry blossom spots along the Osaka Metro lines. For those looking for hidden cherry blossom locations, we recommend getting off one station and exploring.

Osaka cherry blossom viewing this year...

The cherry blossoms blooming along the streets are truly beautiful (article posted in 2020)

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