Enjoy spring in Kyoto with cherry blossoms at Nijo Castle and enjoy the mystical “Nijo Castle Sakura Festival”

Kyoto’s Nijo Castle is a World Heritage Site. In spring, a cherry blossom festival will be held, and pink cherry blossoms will adorn the castle grounds. During the day, there will be food and cultural experiences. At night, there will be lit-up displays of cherry blossoms, and the mood will shift to a more mystical one. Enjoy the castle and cherry blossoms together, and discover spring in Japan.

You can enjoy spring to the fullest in Nijo Castle at the “Nijo Castle Sakura Festival 2024”. At Nijo Castle, there are 50 different types of cherry blossoms from early-blooming to late-blooming ones. There are about 300 trees, and you can see various cherry blossoms for around a month.
During the day, there will be many noteworthy events. There will be a quiz hunt and cultural events for children and adults, so it’s perfect for a family outing, too. There are plans for food trucks to come out, so maybe you can enjoy Kyoto delicacies as you watch the cherry blossoms. We also recommend you take a walk and go inside the Ninomaru-Goten Palace which is a registered national treasure. Japanese shoguns have stayed here, so there’s a certain air about it that you want to experience. Kyoto is packed with tourists in spring, but this will be a paid event, which means you can have a relatively relaxed time here. With the castle and cherry blossoms as your backdrop, why not take pictures full of Japan’s charm?

At night, the “NAKED Sakura Festival 2024 World Heritage Site・Nijo Castle” will be held. Light-up displays and projection mapping will color the castle grounds. When you watch the colorful, spring scenery projected onto the dark castle walls, you’ll feel like you wandered into another dimension. Let the blooming cherry blossoms of the night dazzle you.