Banyak bunga sakura di Jepang dapat dilihat dari akhir Maret hingga April.

Namun karena Anda sudah datang ke Jepang, tidakkah Anda berpikir ingin melihat bunga sakura walau di bulan Januari dan Februari?

Sebenarnya, ada tempat yang Anda bisa melihat bunga sakura bahkan di bulan

Januari dan Februari.

Tempat itu adalah Atami.

Dengan Shinkansen 1jam dari Tokyo.

Meskipun kurang terkenal dibandingkan dengan Tokyo dan Osaka, tetapi bagi orang Jepang tempat ini sangat terkenal, dan merupakan tujuan wisata populer yang dikunjungi lebih dari 3 juta orang setiap tahunnya.

Mengapa begitu populer?

Karena tempat ini memiliki iklim yang hangat, tempat pemandian air panas, serta laut dan hidangan lautnya.

Di Atami, ada pohon sakura yang mekar lebih awal yang disebut "Atami Sakura".

“Atami Sakura”ini  mekar lebih awal bisa dilihat dari pretengahan bulan Januari.

Festival Sakura diadakan setiap tahun dari pertengahan hingga akhir Januari.

Pada saat ini bunga plum juga bermekaran, jadi Anda dapat melihat bunga plum dan bunga sakura mekar bersamaan untuk pertama kalinya di seluruh negeri.( Anda tidak perlu pergi ke Okinawa!).

Anda dapat merasakan musim semi lebih awal, dan Anda juga dapat menikmati pemandian air panas.

Atami adalah tujuan wisata yang sangat populer bagi orang Jepang yang menyukai pemandian air panas.

This pastry looks like a macaroon, but it's a Japanese confectionary"Monaka".

Monaka is a sweet bean jam wrapped with thin rice cake wafers.
The wafers are made by pounding rice, making it thin, and baking it in a mold.

The filling is made of sugar, kidney beans, syrup, agar-agar, as well as cherry blossom, orange, yuzu, and green tea for each flavor.

Contains no wheat, eggs, dairy products, or gelatin.Great for vegans too!

However, the shelf life is 7 days from the date of manufacture. Please be aware of this.

1.도쿄역에서 신칸센으로 1시간.

당일치기가 가능한 거리! 환승도 없으므로 하코네보다 접근성이 좋다.(주의할 점은 고다마를 타는 점)

2.온천이 있다

역 앞에 족탕이 있고, 게다가 무료. 부담없이 일본의 온천문화를 즐길 수 있다.

3.외국인이 별로 없다

하지만 안심하시길, 일본에서는 매년 관광지 랭킹 상위에 들어가는 아주 인기 있는 온천지다! 해외에서는 아직 알려지지 않은 만큼, 로컬의 생활을 볼 수 있다.

Cherry blossoms, which bloom in spring in Japan, started blooming as early as January in Atami.

As of February 15, the early blooming Atamizakura cherry trees are past their prime.

The plum blossoms at the Atami Plum Orchard are blooming very nicely.
It was cold this year, so the plum blossoms can be enjoyed until mid-March.

The plum trees in this garden are planted deliberately in such steps so that they bloom at different time phases - early, middle and late - so that visitors can enjoy plum flowers longer during the Plum Blossom Festival.
During your visit, you may find trees either not yet in bloom or had passed the blooming phase and wonder, “when is the best time for viewing plum blossoms?”

Most plum trees are middle blooming types; thus, the best plum-blossom viewing is from late January to early February.

Still, unlike cherry blossoms, you cannot expect to view full-bloomed plum trees in endless stretches: so don’t be disappointed!