Hamburg Cherry Blossom Festival
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — Cherry Blossom Festival Hamburg
2025 Review
In 2025, fireworks and the Japanese Festival once again kicked off Hamburg's festival season. The Japanese fireworks display over the Outer Alster drew several hundred thousand spectators who gathered at Jungfernstieg, Alsterpark, and the surrounding city districts. The Japanese Festival in Planten un Blomen brought together cosplay fans, anime enthusiasts, Japanophiles, and families over the weekend.
The German-Japanese Society Hamburg and the Japanese Consulate General jointly organized the festival—a testament to the nearly 60-year-old Hamburg–Osaka city partnership.
Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. .