Your 2023 Bay Area guide to cherry blossom festivals and peak flowering The best places to see spring’s cherry blossoms, from historic gardens to awesome festivals and nocturnal viewings.

San Francisco welcomed spring with the 57th annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival. Thousands of people recently flocked to the city’s Japantown for the opening ceremony of the festival.

(Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 31: Cherry blossoms are seen in the reflection of the koi pond at Hakone Estate and Gardens, where cherry blossoms are in full bloom ...

Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival: Come enjoy this Bay Area favorite spring festival with free live entertainment and kids activities. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Cupertino Memorial Park, 21121 Stevens ...

NBC Bay Area will also be present at the Festival, with Morning Traffic Anchor Mike Inouye emceeing the Grand Parade on April 16.. The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is second only in ...

(Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group) SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 31: Visitors are seen in the reflection of a window as they walk by cherry blossom trees at Hakone Estate and Gardens, where ...