Kyoto Cherry Blossom 2027: Priority Booking Opens April 15th

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Exclusive pre-sales on the official website run from April 15 to April 30, 2026. Sales on other travel sites will begin sequentially starting May 1, 2026.

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for period: March 1st  – April 14th 2027

Kyoto in cherry blossom season is, by any measure, one of the most beautiful places on earth. It is also, if you leave the booking too late, one of the most frustrating. 

With the cherry blossom season consistently selling out each year, we extend our gratitude to you, our direct audience. We are offering an exclusive two-week special sale, starting April 15th, only through our official website. Don’t miss this pre-sale window.

Two Hotels. One City. One Season.

Miru Kyoto Nishiki

In the living centre of the city, a short walk from Nishiki market, Miru Kyoto Nishiki is a hotel that rewards those who prefer to discover a place on foot rather than by itinerary

A ten-minute walk brings you to Rokkakudo, a hexagonal temple that holds a particular place in Japanese cultural history as the birthplace of ikebana, the art of flower arranging. The garden surrounding it is extraordinary in any season, but in early spring it offers something the rest of the city cannot: the Mizukizakura, a variety that blooms a week or two before Kyoto’s main flowering begins. Nearby, the grounds of the Kyoto Imperial Palace offer avenues of plum and cherry trees.

Miru Kyoto Gion

Inside the preserved streets of Gion, cherry blossoms are simply part of the neighbourhood in spring. The Shirakawa Canal runs steps from the hotel, a narrow waterway where weeping cherries hang over the water and petals drift past lantern light in the evening. Further along Higashiyama, some of Kyoto’s most celebrated temples, Kiyomizudera, Chion-in, Kodaiji, set their cherry blossoms against stone lanterns, ancient gates, and hillside views over the city. At Maruyama Park, the great weeping cherry at its centre, lit up after dark, is one of the most beautiful sights Kyoto produces, year after year.

The Season Begins Earlier Than You Think

Most visitors plan around the Somei Yoshino, the pale, cloud-like cherry that blankets Kyoto in white-pink in early April. However, the season, if you know how to read it, begins weeks before.

Certain species emerge in late February and early-mid March with a deeper, more saturated pink: the Kanhizakura, the Kawazu-zakura, and at Rokkakudo, the Mizukizakura. Others linger well into late April, the Yamazakura on the hillsides, the Shidarezakura cascading over temple walls. Each has its own timing, its own character.

Before the cherry trees even wake, there is the ume (plum blossoms).

Plum blossoms begin as early as February, and in mid-late March they are still at their most beautiful, a quieter, more fragrant prelude to sakura that most visitors overlook entirely. At Kitano Tenmangu, the great shrine dedicated to scholarship and poetry, over 1,500 plum trees fill the grounds with white and rose. At Jonangu, in the south of the city, the garden plum blossoms hang low over moss and water in a scene of almost theatrical refinement. For guests arriving in early-mid March, these are not a consolation for early timing. They are a destination in their own right.

Reserve Your Moment in Bloom

Sakura season 2027 reservations open on 15 April 2026, exclusively through the Miru Kyoto website. 

Booking Direct, Choosing Your View: The two-week priority window is your only chance to secure the best room types—especially our larger suites at Miru Kyoto Gion—before they are released to all travel partners and inevitably sell out.

Book direct for our best available rates, flexible cancellation, and priority access to both properties. Availability is limited and fills quickly, for example for Miru Kyoto Gion’s Premium, Superior and Tatami Miyabi rooms.  Do not leave this one to chance.

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