No.67 Kasumi Cherry Tree at Kuzuoka

Kasumizakura are a wild variety of sakura and late blooming, with white petals that emerge together with new green leaves. This 400-year-old kasumizakura can be found on the land of a traditional hot spring inn nestled in a mountain village. The tree’s main trunk was split in a typhoon, but still boasts a circumference of six meters. It is still one of the largest kasumizakura in Japan.

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General information

Address 43 Aza Ochiai, Kuzuoka, Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture (秋田県由利本荘市葛岡字落合43)
Peak bloom Late April–early May
Access by train 15 minutes by car from Ugo-Iwaya Station on the Uetsu Main Line
Access by car 15 minutes from Nihonkai-Engan Tohoku Expressway Ouchi JCT