While many other urban centers have built over their past in the rush to modernize, Yokohama has gone to great lengths to preserve its history as the port that opened Japan up to the outside world in the 1850s.
While many other urban centers have built over their past in the rush to modernize, Yokohama has gone to great lengths to preserve its history as the port that opened Japan up to the outside world in the 1850s.
On March 28, Seibu Railway will hold their first cherry blossom viewing train tour in Saitama, just outside of Tokyo. The date corresponds perfectly to our recently-published 2024 sakura forecast, which predicts Tokyo and Saitama’s starting-to-bloom dates on March 20. ▼ Here’s one of the highlights of the tour. The 52 Seki…