# Bloom Watch: Sakura & Foliage — Bloom forecasts: Japan & China

> Bloom forecasts: Japan & China (iPhone/iPad app by 华俊 周.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bloom-watch-sakura-and-foliage/id6820162564 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [华俊 周](https://appshunter.io/developer/6803602739)
- Category: Travel, Weather
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), Thai, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-10-27
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Bloom Watch?

Bloom Watch finds cherry and plum blossoms, ginkgo and maple leaves that are in season now, and tells you when to go.

ONE MAP FOR WHAT’S IN SEASON
• 800+ spots in 15 Japanese and 12 Chinese cities: parks, temples, streets, riversides, castles and more
• Switch between cherry, plum, ginkgo and maple; each has its own marker on the map
• A list sorted by distance, with search, category filters and one-tap directions
• Open a spot’s official website, or share its forecast with friends

BLOOM AND LEAF FORECASTS
• This season’s first bloom, full bloom, turning and leaf-fall dates for Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka and 78 more Japanese cities (Pro)
• Forecasts for Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Chengdu, Changsha and 7 more Chinese cities, updated daily
• Kyoto’s famous maple spots, such as Tofuku-ji and Kiyomizu-dera, get their own dates from past records, about three weeks ahead of the observatory’s specimen tree
• A machine learning model trained on many years of Japan Meteorological Agency phenology records, run on each city’s temperatures this year and the weather forecast
• Once the viewing window is within the weather forecast, see its weather day by day, with warnings when wind or rain may end it early
• Forecasts are for Somei-Yoshino cherry and Japanese maple; for Chinese cities they are an extrapolation, so allow one to two weeks either way

LIVE REPORTS FROM VISITORS
• Been there? Report how it looks in one tap: Buds, Opening, Full bloom, Faded (or Green, Turning, Peak color, Fallen)
• See the last seven days of reports. Anonymous, no account needed

FAVORITES AND REMINDERS
• Save spots anywhere, grouped by city
• Get reminded before the season starts (Pro)
• Add the whole viewing window to your calendar (Pro)

BLOOM WATCH PRO
• Weather beyond the next three days, through each viewing window
• This season’s forecasts for 81 Japanese cities
• Japan Meteorological Agency records for each Japanese city, mostly the last ten years
• Reminders before the season starts at your favorite spots and cities
• Add each viewing window to your calendar

Note: some cities have fewer years of ginkgo and maple records, or none; for cities the agency no longer observes, the app shows their last ten years.

Pro is an auto-renewing yearly subscription; the price is shown in the App Store. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions.

Privacy policy: https://api.huajunzhou.cn/privacy
Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Data: Japan Meteorological Agency (phenology records, processed), QWeather, Apple Weather, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bloom Watch Pro | $3.99 | per year |


## Is Bloom Watch safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Bloom Watch.

## Is Bloom Watch legit?

Bloom Watch: Sakura & Foliage has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Bloom Watch is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.1.1 — 2026-10-30

• Fixes an issue where paid subscribers couldn’t use Pro features

### 2.1 — 2026-10-28

• New cities: Suzhou, Chengdu and Changsha, for 12 Chinese cities in all
• Kyoto maples: famous spots such as Tofuku-ji and Kiyomizu-dera now have their own dates from past records, about three weeks ahead of the observatory’s specimen tree; reminders follow them too
• Spot cards can open the spot’s official website and share its forecast
• Add the whole viewing window to your calendar (Pro)
• Redeem offer codes on the crown page, which now also shows the app version
• The Japan city menu lists Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and the other most visited cities first
• A new launch screen; plum cards note that trees peak two to three weeks after first bloom

### 1.1 — 2026-10-27

No release notes.

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