March 25th-March 29th, 2024 is Spring-SHUBUN (Spring equinox)-11th KOU “First cherry blossoms”.

The cherry blossom forecast in Nagano City has been announced. It’s April 5th..

Since February was warmer than usual, I thought that it would bloom earlier. However, March was colder than usual.

It would be better to call this period “First apricot blossoms”. We received a notice about the “Apricot Festival” from CHIKUMA City.

After apricots bloom, cherry follows.

20240325 “First apricot blossoms” instead of “First cherry blossoms”.
69th Apricot festival https://chikuma-kanko.com/2024-03-22/post-4222/
第69回『あんずまつり』開催🌸 | 信州千曲観光局 (chikuma-kanko.com)