Japan Cherry Blossom Forecast 2012

On 1 Feb 2012, the Japan Weather Association has announced a forecast for the blooming of Cherry Blossoms for 2012. The link in Japanese is here: http://tenki.jp/sakura/expectation

Based on Google Translate, temperatures this winter are now on par with or lower than the nationwide average over December and January. Therefore, it is expected to average less than or on par with average temperatures from February through April of this destination. For this reason, the flowering of the cherry blossoms will probably slower or be on par with the blossoming in 2012. Flowering of the cherry blossoms will start from the north and Shikoku and Kyushu in late March.

And the chart as below:

Kyushu region	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Fukuoka Prefecture	Fukuoka	Slower than usual	Around March 27	March 23	March 22
Oita Prefecture	Oita	Slower than usual	Around March 27	March 24	March 23
Nagasaki Prefecture	Nagasaki	Slower than usual	Around March 27	March 24	March 23
Saga Prefecture	Saga	Slower than usual	Around March 27	March 24	March 22
Kumamoto Prefecture	Kumamoto	Slower than usual	Around March 26	March 23	March 21
Miyazaki Prefecture	Miyazaki	Average year	Around March 24	March 24	March 23
Kagoshima Prefecture	Kagoshima	Average year	Around March 28	March 26	March 23

Shikoku	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Kagawa Prefecture	Takamatsu	Slower than usual	Around March 31	March 28	March 31
Tokushima Prefecture	Tokushima	Slower than usual	Around January 4	March 28	March 31
Ehime Prefecture	Matsuyama	Slower than usual	Around March 28	March 25	March 25
Kochi Prefecture	Kochi	Average year	Around March 24	March 22	March 22

Chugoku	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Hiroshima Prefecture	Hiroshima	Average year	Around March 29	March 27	April 1st
Okayama Prefecture	Okayama	Slower than usual	Around January 4	March 29	March 31
Shimane Prefecture	Matsue	Average year	Around February 4	March 31	April 6
Tottori Prefecture	Tottori City	Average year	Around February 4	March 31	April 2
Yamaguchi Prefecture	Shimonoseki	Slower than usual	Around March 31	March 27	March 30

Kinki	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Osaka	Osaka	Average year	Around March 30	March 28	March 31
Shiga Prefecture	Hikone	Slower than usual	Around May 4	April 2	April 1st
Kyoto	Kyoto	Average year	Around March 29	March 28	March 28
Kyoto	Maizuru	Average year	Around May 4	April 3	April 5
Hyogo Prefecture	Kobe	Slower than usual	Around March 31	March 28	March 31
Nara Prefecture	Nara	Average year	Around March 31	March 29	March 31
Wakayama Prefecture	Wakayama	Average year	Around March 27	March 26	March 27

Tokai region	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Aichi Prefecture	Nagoya	Slower than usual	Around March 29	March 26	March 27
Shizuoka Prefecture	Shizuoka	Average year	Around March 27	March 25	March 20
Gifu Prefecture	Gifu City	Slower than usual	Around March 29	March 26	March 28
Mie Prefecture	Tsu	Average year	Around March 31	March 30	April 1st

Kanto region	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Tokyo	Central Tokyo	Slower than usual	Around March 30	March 26	March 28
Ibaraki Prefecture	Mito	Slower than usual	Around June 4	April 2	April 6
Tochigi Prefecture	Utsunomiya	Slower than usual	Around May 4	April 1st	April 6
Gunma Prefecture	Maebashi	Slower than usual	Around April 4	March 31	April 3
Saitama Prefecture	Kumagaya	Slower than usual	Around March 4	March 29	April 1st
Chiba Prefecture	Choshi	Average year	Around February 4	March 31	April 4
Kanagawa Prefecture	Yokohama	Slower than usual	Around March 31	March 26	March 30

Koshin region	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Yamanashi Prefecture	Kofu	Slower than usual	Around January 4	March 27	March 29
Nagano Prefecture	Nagano	Average year	Around April 13	April 13	April 15

Hokuriku District	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Niigata Prefecture	Niigata	Average year	Around November 4	April 9	April 14
Toyama Prefecture	Toyama	Slower than usual	Around August 4	April 5	April 8
Ishikawa Prefecture	Kanazawa	Slower than usual	Around July 4	April 4	April 7
Fukui Prefecture	Fukui	Average year	Around May 4	April 3	April 7

Tohoku district	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Miyagi Prefecture	Sendai	Average year	Around April 13	April 11	April 12
Aomori Prefecture	Aomori	Average year	Around April 26	April 24	April 25
Akita Prefecture	Akita	Average year	Around April 18	April 18	April 23
Iwate Prefecture	Morioka	Average year	Around April 23	April 21	April 20
Yamagata Prefecture	Yamagata	Average year	Around the 15th of April	April 15	April 18
Fukushima Prefecture	Fukushima	Average year	Around November 4	April 9	April 12

Hokkaido	Point	Trend expected to bloom	Expected flowering date	Average flowering date	Flowering date last year
Hokkaido	Sapporo	Average year	Around April 5	May 3	May 7
Hokkaido	Muroran City	Average year	Around July 5	May 6	May 6
Hokkaido	Hakodate	Average year	Around February 5	April 30	May 2