Hanami: A Visual Data Exploration Into Japan’s Cherry Blossoms

Final data visualization project for INFO 247 at UC Berkeley.

Introduction

Cherry blossom season in Japan is a spectacular event in Japan every spring. Tourists and residents alike flock to cherry blossom sites to view the cherry blossoms bloom.

With our data visualizations, we would like our audience to learn about:

• When and where should you travel to in Japan to see cherry blossoms bloom?
• How has cherry blossoms' first bloom or full flowering dates changed over the years?
• Out of everyone traveling to Japan, what proportion of them go there to see the cherry blossoms?
• During the season of cherry blossoms, where does Japan attract the most visitors?

We will convey this information through various data visualizations such as choropleth maps, time series plots, and other outlets.

Repository Navigation

blossoms
│   README.md   
└─── Analysis
│   │
│   └─── EDA
│       │   EDA Writeup _ Cherry Blossom Viewing Data from TripAdvisor.pdf
│       │   cherryblossoms_EDA.pdf
│       │   tourism_EDA.pdf
│   │
│   └─── viz
│       │
│       └─── cherryblossoms
│           │
│           └─── plots
│           	│   Avg Days to Full Bloom.png
│           	│   First Bloom Month Map.png
│           	│   Percent of First Bloom Dates.png
│           │   cherryblossoms_EDA.twbx
│       │
│       └─── tourism
│           │
│           └─── plots
│           	│   ...
│           │   tourism_EDA.twb
│       │
│       └─── trip-advisor
│           │   CherryBlossomEDA.twb
│   │
│   └───  cherryblossom_data_manipulation.ipynb
│   │
│   └───  kyotoblossom_data_manipulation.ipynb
│   │
│   └───  tourism_data_manipulation.ipynb 
│   
└─── Data
│   │
│   └─── cherryblossoms
│       │...
│   │
│   └─── tourism
│       │   ...
│   │
│   └─── trip-advisor
│       │...

File Navigation

• Analysis
  • EDA: Files and submissions for EDA
• Data
  • Data used in data visualization