Mito in Ibaraki is home to Kairakuen, one of Japan's three great landscape gardens, planted with some 3,000 plum trees that bloom from late February and draw a big festival. The adjacent Senba Lake and the historic Kōdōkan academy round out a history-and-blossom day. About 80 minutes by limited express from Tokyo.
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