Cherry Blossom · March
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飛鳥山公園 · Cherry Blossom · Tokyo Area
Photos Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France (CC BY 2.0) — via Wikimedia Commons
About this spot
A small hill planted with about 1,270 cherry trees on the orders of shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune around 1720, to give ordinary Edo people somewhere to view blossom. About 600 trees grow there today, lit by lanterns in the evening.
Getting there
Nearest station
2 min walk from Oji Station (JR, Namboku Line)
Address
1-1-3 Oji, Kita City, Tokyo
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飛鳥山公園
