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Our trusted travel specialists weigh in on Japan's less-touristed, just-as-exciting destinations, from arty Naoshima to the tea fields of Wazuka.

But last doesn't mean the least - and most definitely not if you make your way to the Hokkaido Shrine next to Maruyama Park in Sapporo, where more than 1400 cherry blossom trees can transform the ...

Growing on small trees, this arboreal blossoming begins with plum, Juneberry and pin cherry. Though many of their petals have fallen in the wind, others remain, and the roadsides are full of blossoms.

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