Avoid sakura and autumn-leaf peaks: late spring and early winter are cheaper

Hotels and flights cost less outside the cherry-blossom and autumn-leaf peaks.

What the sources say

Opinion/seasonal pricing advice — no data page loaded to confirm; widely repeated but not officially verifiable.

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