Japan is more than the megalopolis. Obviously if you go for a hanami picnic in the city, particularly in the obvious parks, you have to expect crowds and a cert

Japan is more than the megalopolis. Obviously if you go for a hanami picnic in the city, particularly in the obvious parks, you have to expect crowds and a certain degree of rowdy and drunken behaviour. If you do the same thing in the countryside, or even in the more peripheral parts of the city, it's more about families. And if you want to be alone with the trees, you can go to a shrine - better if on the hills.