Bloom Info
No.103 Higashiyama Park
Higashiyama Park rewards visitors with about 100 sakura, including somei yoshino and double-blossomed yaezakura, that take turns blooming in spring from late April. The park is popular with locals during sakura season, when the sakura are also lit up at night with paper lanterns. The park has wide open spaces and walking paths to accommodate strollers and children on bicycles. Nishinomiya-jinja Shrine is located in the park.
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General information
| Address | 11-1 Aza Tennosan, Shizugawa, Minami-Sanriku Town, Motoyoshi County, Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県本吉郡南三陸町志津川字天王山11-1) |
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| Peak bloom | Mid-to-late May |
| Access by train | 10 minutes on foot from Shizugawa Station on the BRT (substitute bus for the JR Kesennuma Line)/By Miyagi Transportation highway bus, get off at BRT Shizugawa-eki bus stop, and then 10 minutes on foot |
| Access by car | About 10 minutes from Sanriku Expressway ShizugawaIC |