visits during sakura season
2010 April – Tokyo, Kumagaya (after skiing in Kagura)
2008 April – Tokyo (after skiing in Nozawa onsen)
2006 Feb – Izu Kawazu (after skiing in Hakuba, Karuizawa)
2004 April – Hakodate (happend to bump into sakura blossom while travelling in Hokkaido)
Over 90+ visits to Japan since 1999