Hirosaki Castle Park, Aomori (Photo: Feri88 / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Hirosaki Castle Park, Aomori (Photo: Feri88 / CC BY-SA 3.0)
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5 of Tohoku's Top Cherry Blossom Spots

Enjoy the beauty of spring in this region of Japan

Cherry blossom season is one of the biggest highlights on the spring calendar, and Japan has a plethora of places to enjoy their beauty. The Tohoku region of the country is blessed with numerous photogenic sakura spots, and this top 5 list brings you some of the best!

Hirosaki Park, Aomori

Regarded as one of Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom viewing sites, Hirosaki Park is home to around 2600 cherry trees encompassing several different varieties. Interestingly, the trees at the park here are said to yield more blossoms than other places in Japan due to a special pruning technique that was derived from apple tree pruning.

1 Shimoshiroganecho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8356

Hirosaki Castle Park, Aomori
Hirosaki Castle Park, Aomori (Photo: Feri88 / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Miharu Takizakura, Fukushima

If you're after a cherry blossom experience that comes packed with history, Fukushima's Miharu Takizakura is hard to beat. Estimates place the age of this famous sakura tree at somewhere over a thousand years old, and it's revered so highly that it was designated as a National Treasure back in 1922. Standing around 12 meters in height and with branches spanning 22 meters in parts, the tree attracts several hundred thousand visitors each year.

Sakurakubo-115 Taki, Miharu, Tamura District, Fukushima 963-7714

Springtime beauty in Fukushima
Springtime beauty in Fukushima (Photo: 京浜にけ / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Kitakami Tenshōchi Park, Iwate

An impressive 10,000 sakura trees can be found at Iwate's Kitakami Tenshōchi Park, and an annual festival takes place here when they are in bloom. Since the blooming season here usually coincides with the Golden Week holiday break, you'll also see carp streamers (koinobori) hung over the Kitakami River in anticipation of Children's Day.

10 Chiwari Tachibana, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0043

Kitakami Tenshochi Park, Iwate
Kitakami Tenshochi Park, Iwate (Photo: Hiroaki Kaneko / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Senshu Park, Akita

Each year during spring, Akita's Senshu Park is filled with color when over 700 cherry trees begin to bloom. The park was built at the site of the Kubota Castle Ruins, and was named as one of Japan's Top 100 Cherry Blossom viewing spots back in 1990.

1 Senshukoen, Akita, 010-0876

Kubota Castle at Senshu Park
Kubota Castle at Senshu Park (Photo: アラツク / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Eboshiyama Park, Yamagata

Yamagata's Eboshiyama park is home to around 1000 cherry trees in several varieties, and you'll often see people enjoying hanami picnics underneath them. The park also illuminates the trees after dark which creates a magical atmosphere. Typically, cherry blossom season here runs from around mid-April to early May.

1415 Akayu, Nanyō, Yamagata 999-2211

Eboshiyama Park
Eboshiyama Park (Photo: Tomofumi Sato / CC BY-SA 3.0)

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Susan Tumanon 3 years ago
I've never seen cherry blossoms in the Tohoku area. Hope to get to see them someday soon.
Kim Bergström Author 3 years ago
Hope you can!
Elena Lisina 3 years ago
All shots are so beautiful! I miss hanami badly. Have just one thing in common - white color, but here it's snow! :)
Elena Lisina 3 years ago
Yes! That's why I'm not excited about snow and winter trip! :)
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