Miharu Takizakura (Miharu Waterfall Cherry Tree)

Overview

A Benishidare (red weeping cherry) tree with an estimated age of over 1,000 years. It stands 12 meters tall, with a root spread of 11 meters, a trunk circumference of 9.5 meters, and branches spanning 22 meters east-to-west and 18 meters north-to-south. It is ranked as the foremost of the "Three Great Cherry Trees of Japan," alongside the Yamataka Jindai Zakura and the Neo-ya no Awasumi Zakura; it is also considered the foremost of the "Five Great Cherry Trees of Japan" when including the Ishido Kaba Zakura and the Karijuku no Shimoma Zakura. It was designated as a National Natural Monument in 1922. The sight of pale pink flowers blooming like a waterfall from branches spreading in all directions is breathtaking, attracting approximately 300,000 visitors from across the country during the blooming period in mid-to-late April.

Highlights

• ・Over 1,000 years old and the foremost of the "Three Great Cherry Trees of Japan"
• ・National Natural Monument
• ・Massive branch span of 22 meters east-to-west and 18 meters north-to-south
• ・Illuminated night cherry blossoms