On March 18, 2023 (Sat), the Eizan Cable/Ropeway, which had been closed in the winter due to maintenance, will resume operation.
You can travel from Yase to Mt. Hiei while enjoying the magnificent natural scenery.
With an altitude difference of 561m, the cable boasts the highest altitude in Japan and connects about 1.3km in 9 minutes. The best time to see cherry blossoms is from mid-April to late April.

From March 1st (Wed) to July 14th (Fri), 2023, the spring/early summer event “#HanaPara” will be held with the theme of “competition of living things and flowers”.
As the first event, you can enjoy a cherry blossom viewing unique to the aquarium, such as the underwater cherry blossoms “Super Sardine Illusion-Ouka Ranbu-” where 50,000 sardines, the largest number of sardines in Japan, are fascinated.

The entertainment channel “Satellite Gekijo” will broadcast “Nakamura Ittaro x Onoe Ukon ART Kabuki Hana no Kokoro”, a new type of Kabuki play on which Nakamura Ittaro has created the foundation, for the first time on March 1 (Wed.) and elsewhere on TV.

From April 1 to 7, 2023, a special rickshaw will be operated after sunset for an extraordinary hanami experience, allowing visitors to enjoy fantastic nighttime cherry blossom viewing.

For a limited time from April 1st to April 10th, 2023, the hot spring inn “KAI Kinugawa” will sell the “Yozakura Hanami Kaiseki”, where you can enjoy kaiseki cuisine while watching the cherry blossoms at night.

The Japan Hotel “Hoshinoya Tokyo” will hold a ceremony on the roof of a skyscraper and hold a stay program “Tokyo Tango Stay” in hopes of making a leap forward with a special breakfast.