Visiting Mount Fuji during cherry blossom season is quite the experience, and I’m so happy it fell into my lap. On a whim, my friend and I planned a quick jaunt to Japan, which happened to be ...

Just a 15-minute walk away is Nagasaki Park, another popular spot to take iconic photos of the cherry blossoms framing Mount Fuji across the lake. Along the eastern shores, a small peninsula juts ...

Mount Fuji is as quintessentially Japanese as cherry blossom, manga and geisha, and some 25 sites of sacred, artistic or cultural importance are cited in the mountain’s 2013 listing as a Unesco ...

Perfect Japan: Cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji. Near Mount Fuji, 200 cherry trees have burst into bloom, pairing two of Japan’s most iconic symbols to create a beautiful scene.

Zekkei translates to “beautiful scenery,” and the mountainous part of that promise comes from the Zekkei Fireworks venue, the Fujiten Resort area located partway up the slopes of Mount Fuji, near its ...

They want guests to be able to see fireworks and cherry blossoms at the same time, so they’ve scheduled the event for April, when the sakura will be in bloom. The Zekkei Fireworks isn’t just ...

Perfect Japan: Cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji (vertical video) Near Mount Fuji, 200 cherry trees have burst into bloom, pairing two of Japan’s most iconic symbols to create a beautiful scene.