Kyoto · 花見 · a century of springs

When the cherries peak

Each mark is one spring: the single day the blossoms in Kyoto stood at their fullest. Read it like a calendar — March below, April above — and watch the season lean.

peak-bloom day, one per recorded year 20-year rolling mean April March right margin: how often each date hosted the peak, 1900–1962 (grey) vs 1990–2026 (pink)