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11. I'll leave the door open and tell Pepper not to bark. Just walk in.

People seem to be more accepting with someone trying to speak their own language. The Japanese also celebrate the coming of cherry blossoms, stay away from the bakeries if you have a sweet tooth and know a few phrases - there's no escape.

Usually, the blooms burst into colour between mid-March and early May and kaleidoscopic cherry blossom erupts all over Japan, filling ornamental parks and framing city canals. Although these trees exist around the world, nowhere matches Japan’s annual pandemonium of pink petals. But, if you can’t make full bloom, don’t fret. Plan a trip in February, when the equally beautiful but lesser-known plum blossoms are on show. Keep an eye on this handy cherry blossom forecast to track when 2021 blooming is expected to start.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/travel