Tours sell fast as cherry blossom season in Japan approaches

2024-01-16

The cherry blossom season in Japan is just around the corner. Japan’s meteorological agency has just published forecasts for the dates of the cherry blossoms, causing flower-lovers to kick their travel plans into gear. The blossoms are expected from mid-March to mid-May at different locations across Japan. Numerous Taiwanese travel agencies offer all-inclusive sakura-viewing tours, but only for those willing to splash serious cash.

A spray of delicate pink sakura sparkles in the sunlight. Japanophiles are gearing up for their travels – if they didn’t visit Japan for skiing, they might go for the spring cherry blossoms.

The Japan Meteorological Corporation has published first predictions for the cherry blossom season 2024. The first wave of blossoms will appear in mid-March in Kochi in southern Japan. Taiwanese travelers love Tokyo, where blossoms are expected on March 23. Those flowers will be in full bloom by March 30. The overall cherry season across Japan will last from mid-March to mid-May.

Liao Pei-chuan
ezfly Japan group vice president
The cherry blossom season will be a tiny bit early this year, according to the forecast. It’s going to be about one week early. For the spring holiday season, the area where Sakura will be in full bloom is probably the Kansai region - that’s where it might be best.

Viewers who want to spend a spring holiday admiring the cherries might need to head to the northeast, to areas of Japan like Kagoshima, Kanazawa or Nagano.

To take advantage of the sakura season, travel agency ezTravel launched a cherry blossom package in early January. In less than two weeks the scheme was over 50% full. Demand for the Kansai region is the highest. Tours with ezfly are also 50-60% booked. But international flight prices are still very high at the moment, and Japanese hotel expenses have been driven up by a labor shortage and a supply problem. A trip to Japan won’t come cheap.

Kimberley
ezTravel PR manager
The price of the Japan cherry blossom tour this year is about NT$40,000-50,000. It’s increased about 20% since before the pandemic.

The cost of these tours to Japan are uniformly NT$40,000 and above. If you’re dreaming of a pink paradise, be ready to part with your cash.

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到日本賞櫻變貴了! 日本賞櫻團費四萬起跳

2024-01-16

每年春天一到，許多國人都會喜歡用春假到日本追櫻花，但旅遊達人就提醒，今年花季提早了一周左右，等到四月初春假期間，想要賞櫻，得往東北走，金澤、長野比較有機會。只是旅遊團費居高不下，賞櫻團清一色四萬元起跳，旅客恐怕口袋要夠深。

粉色櫻花盛放，陽光下美不勝收。新的一年，哈日族們，早就準備好，追完雪，下一個就是要賞櫻。

日本氣象株式會社公布的2024櫻花花期第一次預測，南方的高知，3月中打頭陣開花，國人最愛去的東京，預估3月23號開花、30號就會達成滿開，整個日本櫻花季，預估會從三月中，一直持續到五月中。

[[易飛網日本團體二組副總廖培全]]
“今年櫻花季，因為稍微有提前一點點，根據預測，是有大概提前差不多一週左右的時間。春假期間的話，應該滿開的這個地區，可能是會在關西這一帶，會比較好一點。”

想要用春假賞櫻的民眾，恐怕得往東北走，鹿兒島、金澤及長野都有機會。

賞櫻帶動旅遊商機，易遊網一月初上架賞櫻團行程，不到兩周，已經有超過五成滿，以關西地區買氣最夯。易飛網也已經賣出5到6成。只是國際線機票價格高居不下，日本當地旅宿缺工、供不應求，連帶讓旅遊支出回不去了！

[[易遊網公關 Kimberly]]
“今年的日本賞櫻團的價格，大約落在四到五萬左右，比起疫情前來說，大概有調漲了兩成以上”

日本賞櫻團費，清一色四萬起跳，想要置身異國粉色幻境，恐怕得多花點錢了。

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