2018 Taiwan Cherry Blossom Forecast: The ultimate guide

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Sakura Series.  The crown jewel of
the luomujie blog will open again for another great season of cherry blossom hunting.  Gone are
the days that tourists could not find a reliable source of English information about the different cherry
blossom viewing spots on this island.  Thanks to my website, searching for the beautiful flowers
during the festive spring season had become easier.
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style="text-align: center;">at Orange Garden Cafe
/>But what are the odds of seeing cherry blossoms when visiting in February, March or even April? Well,
the chances are very high, the only thing you need to know is WHERE and WHEN they will appear. 
Timing is very important during the Taiwan's cherry blossom festival.  You come very early and
the flowers are not yet many.  You arrive late and the flowers start to wither and fall on the ground
like teardrops.


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Answering the question WHERE, I have prepared a Taiwan
Sakura and Attractions Map to help visitors easily find their way to the cherry blossom trees. 
The combined libraries of the 2016 and 2017 edition of my Sakura Series gave rise to 50 different points
on the island.   How to use this map? Just click on the flower icon, and a photo will appear
with a link to my blog post.  For readers using smartphone, the Sakura Map can be opened through
the Google Maps app which makes it convenient for tourists who are always on the go.  



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style="text-align: center;">Wulai Scenic Area
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style="text-align: center;">at Pingjing St. Lane 42
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style="text-align: center;">Tianyuan Palace backyard
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style="text-align: center;">Broadwood Park
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/>Now that you know where are the different places to see cherry blossoms in Taiwan, the next question
that I need to answer is WHEN is the best time to visit them is.  This is a very tricky question. 
To help solve this problem, the desktop version of the luomujie blog has been designed with a cherry blossom
submenu.  The different sakura spots have been grouped based on the month that I saw them. 
So for the month of January, Pingjing St. Lane 42 and Wulai Scenic Area are the first bloomers. 
 This will be followed by the flowers in the Tianyuan Palace backyard, Broadwood Park, New Garden
City and the very beautiful Wuling Farm during February. 

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style="text-align: center;">Yangmingshan Park stream area
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month of March is a wild animal.  Climate change had disrupted the blossoming patterns of the sakuras
in Yangmingshan, making them to appear weeks after the Chinese New Year.  The flowers there usually
blossoms in February as supported by my “Taiwan Day 539: The Beginning of Spring” travelogue in 2015. 
Now, the sakuras seem to blossom in March breaking the norms of what it was used to be.  Expect
the showa and yoshino sakura to appear during this month with the park stream area, the Yangming Park fountain,
Yangminshan Visitor Center and Yangmingshan Park Service Center bus stop as the best places to gaze at the
flowers.  In New Taipei, the Tianyuan Palace is the hotspot every March while Sun Link Sea in Nantou
is the next big thing after the Wuling Farm cherry blossom  festival.



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Other places
like the Loving Farm in Lalashan are also worth to see. But with no public transportation to take people
directly to the place, visiting them would take too much time and money.   Taichung offers
an alternative to those who had been to Yangmingshan.  Near TRA Tai'an Station is a police headquarters
where people flock to enjoy yaesakura cherry blossoms.  While on another district in Central Taiwan,
a bus ride from Fengyuan Station takes visitors to the Xinshe Cherry Hill Slope.  It’s an unknown
place for cherry blossom viewing and also a little dangerous because it is located beside a road.
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April? 
There is no other better answer but Alishan.  Visitors can expect the Tokyo cherry blossoms to appear
during the first week of April.   The sakura festival in Alishan varies in time depending
on the climate condition but expect the flowers to blossom starting from the first week of March to as late
as the first half of the month.  The luomujie blog has a special section for Alishan under the April
menu of the cherry blossoms tab.  Go ahead and see the links. It also available on the Sakura Map. 
Alishan is located on the Southern region of Taiwan.  Zoom in on the map and you will discover the
different places where you can see in the sakuras inside the forest recreation area.

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If you think that going to Alishan will consume a lot of time, then Taipei has some places
to offer.   I call them the late-bloomers and they are the Dongfang Temple in Shilin District
and the Hope River and Sansei Trail in New Taipei.  I cannot specifically tell the best time to
visit them but the flowers should blossom on the first week of April if the weather conditions are just right
for the buds to open.

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So
are you now super-excited to see the cherry blossoms in Taiwan?  If yes is your answer, then start
planning your itinerary.  But wait, there’s more! Exciting new sakura viewing spots will be featured
in the luomujie blog this year.  These are places that has never been seen before by the English-speaking
world.   I will also revisit selected places in Greater Taipei.  So you better
watch out, you better not cry because spring is coming to town.   

Cheers for the
grand opening of the 2018 Sakura Series!
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