{"id":6815,"date":"2016-04-08T17:35:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T08:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=6815"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:09:57","slug":"takayama-spring-festival-heritage-beautiful-hedonism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/takayama-spring-festival-heritage-beautiful-hedonism\/","title":{"rendered":"Takayama Spring Festival: Heritage in Beautiful Hedonism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Takayama Spring Festival, held every year on April 14 and 15 in Takayama city, needs a disclaimer to protect its reputation as one of Japan\u2019s most beautiful festivals. First, you might have seen promotional photos or posters showing beautiful floats against the background of blooming cherry blossoms. In fact, it is only on very rare occasions that those cherry blossoms, fast asleep, awaken in time for the festival. Takayama\u2019s winter is bitterly cold and snowy, and in a regular year, cherry blossoms bloom in late April. Count yourself lucky, then, if you are visiting this year. Thanks to an unusually warm winter, cherry blossoms here are forecast to be in full bloom around mid-April.<\/p>\n\n\n