murmurHitachi Sakura Festival
Hitachi City · Heiwa-dori Avenue, Kamine Park, Juo Panorama Park and the Hitachi Ginza Mall shopping street
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Ibaraki Prefecture (Ibaraki Tourism) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Apr 1–12, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early April
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held in early April each year; dates are announced annually
- Venue
- Heiwa-dori Avenue, Kamine Park, Juo Panorama Park and the Hitachi Ginza Mall shopping street
- City
- Hitachi City, Ibaraki
About
Hitachi, one of Ibaraki's best-known cherry blossom towns, holds this festival in early April; 2026 marked its 61st edition. The heart of it is the cherry-lined Heiwa-dori avenue, chosen as one of Japan's top 100 cherry blossom sites, with more venues at Kamine Park, Juo Panorama Park and the Hitachi Ginza Mall arcade. Throughout the festival, the trees on Heiwa-dori, in Kamine Park and at Juo Panorama Park are illuminated after dark. The busiest time is the main weekend, when a section of Heiwa-dori is closed to traffic during the day for stage shows and food stalls, and a float of Hitachi Furyumono, inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, makes an appearance. There are four Furyumono floats in all, but only one is brought out for this festival.
Sources
- OfficialIbaraki Prefecture (Ibaraki Tourism) www.ibarakiguide.jp
- OfficialHitachi Sakura Festival Executive Committee (Hitachi Tourism & Products Association) www.kankou-hitachi.jp
Last checked: Oct 10, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
Other events this month
On the day, see what locals are murmuring on the murmur map
murmur is an app that shows short, anonymous posts on a map, right where they were written. On festival day, open the map around the venue and see what people nearby are saying.