The Chiyoda City Tourism Association and Chiyoda Ward will hold the “Chiyoda no Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival),” a spring festival in Tokyo, from March 12 to April 23. In addition, the annual “Night Cherry Blossom Illumination at Chidorigafuchi of the Imperial Palace” will be held from March 28 to April 8. Visitors can enjoy the fantastic illumination of the cherry trees lining the 700-meter-long Chidorigafuchi Cherry Blossom Garden of the Imperial Palace.
In addition, this year, “Smart Ticket,” a pre-purchased ticket that allows visitors to board the Chidorigafuchi Boat at their desired time without standing in line, will be introduced. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to cherry blossom regeneration and landscape preservation, and this will be the first time that smart tickets will be used to view the cherry blossoms, thereby contributing to the succession of cherry blossom viewing spots. Tickets are priced at 10,000 yen per hour (maximum capacity of 3 people) and will be available for purchase on the boatyard page of the Chiyoda no Sakura Matsuri special website starting March 12.
At the goods sales booth in Chidorigafuchi Greenway, goods of “Rilakkuma,” the tourism ambassador of Chiyoda City Tourism Association, and original goods of the association, such as Sakura Bathing Fees, will be on sale. New items include an outing plush key chain (2,200 yen) of “Chairoi koguma” wearing a tourism ambassador’s hanten and a clear file (440 yen) with an ukiyo-e motif.
In addition, various other events will be held in Chiyoda Ward to coincide with the cherry blossom season.
The event will also include a free-of-charge real-life mystery-solving game “Mystery Triggered by Phantom Ukiyoe and Book Town Phantom Thief Blossom” themed on Jimbocho, a town of old books, a special coupon campaign involving about 100 stores, a Sakura Cycle Tour that takes visitors around the highlights of Chiyoda City by electric bicycle, and the sale of “Kanpai CHIYODA Ticket” to enjoy Japanese sake and snacks in Kanda for a little extra money. For more details, please visit the Chiyoda no Sakura Matsuri special website.
As in previous years, during the illumination period, in addition to traffic control for vehicles under the guidance of the police, one-way traffic for pedestrians along Chidorigafuchi Greenway (Saturday and Sunday only) will be enforced this year.
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