Cherry Blossom · April
Yamataka Jindai-zakura
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山高神代桜 · Cherry Blossom · Mt. Fuji & Central
Photos 京浜にけ (CC BY-SA 3.0) — via Wikimedia Commons
About this spot
Perhaps the oldest cherry tree in Japan, an edo-higan in the grounds of Jisso-ji temple thought to be 1,800 to 2,000 years old, with a trunk nearly 12 m round. One of Japan's three great cherry trees, and in 1922 among the first cherry trees made a national natural monument.
Getting there
Nearest station
About 20 min by taxi from Hinoharu Station (JR Chuo Line)
Address
2763 Mukawacho Yamataka, Hokuto, Yamanashi
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山高神代桜
