Cherry, autumn leaves and hydrangea of Mt. Yoshino
Traditionally Mt. Yoshino had many cherry trees including around 200 different types and thirty thousand trees. Beautiful but yet fragile mountain cherry blossoms cover path to path, valley to valley and finally all over the mountain.
There are a lot of white moutain cherries around Shimo, Naka, Kami, and Oku area. Senbon is an expression that you can view a thousand cherry trees at a glance. Simo-senbon, Naka-senbon, Kami-senbon, Oku-senbon are viewed in chronological order starting from early April through late April. In this way, you can enjoy a beautiful cherry blossoms for a long period. Night cherry blossoms are also recommended (lit-up).
Although Mt. Yoshino is famous for Cherry blossoms in spring, you can enjoy
various differnt nature of other seasons, such as hydrangea and bright
leaves in Summer and coloreful autumn leaves in autumn. |
Cherry blossoms |
Cherry blossoms- Simo-senbon |
Cherry blossoms- Simo-senbon-Full shot of the Moutain |
Cherry blossoms being lit up in the night |
Summer- hydrengea |
Summer- hydrengea |
Autumn leaves |
Autumn leaves |
Map of Cherry blossoms, autumn leaves and hydrangea
(Light up during night time for cherry blossoms)
| Place |
Nanamagarizaka,Nakasenbon Bus Terminal(Naka-senbon Soushajou),
Daigouguugeitokuhi monument, Kakuhan
Kubizuka head mound |
| Hours |
18：00〜22:00 |
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| * Light up dates may differ based on the blooming season |
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