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Saitama, Ancient Culture of Hanami Festival

#cherryblossom2024 A trip to Saitama during the cherry blossom season is a reliable way to enjoy flowers in a more relaxed environment, with fewer people and more places for family holidays. Saitama Prefecture, located just an hour's drive from bustling Tokyo, is probably a smart choice for many Tokyo residents when it comes to enjoying Japan's most anticipated season – sakura season! Saitama boasts some of the most impressive cherry blossom spots in the country, where you can quietly stroll in a sparsely populated place, ideal for long picnics with friends, romantic dates or just to escape from the metropolis. Kumagaya Sakura Tsutsumi (熊谷桜堤) is one of the greatest historical cherry blossom sites in Saitama, which was included in the list of the 100 best places to admire cherry blossoms in Japan. About 500 Yoshino cherry trees grow along the bank of the Arakawa River for two kilometers. Along with cherry trees, nanohana or rapeseed (canola) blooms at the same time. This creates an impressive contrast. Kumagaya Sakura Tsutsumi (熊谷桜堤), has been known as a place to admire cherry blossoms since the Edo period and on March 3, 1990 was selected as one of the 100 best places to admire cherry blossoms in Japan in recognition of its century-old history and beauty by the Japan Cherry organization. As you have already noticed, the current places of admiring cherry blossoms are either in parks or near rivers and canals. In parks, cherries were immediately planted for admiring, this is understandable, but they were planted near the water to strengthen the shore first of all, well, another function of these trees was aesthetic. The first decorative cherries appeared here 400 years ago, precisely to strengthen the riverbank. Now the banks are concreted and there is not much water, and the cherries themselves grow on the crest of the hill, which separates the river from residential areas, so the main function of Kumagai Sakura Tsutsumi is aesthetic.
Posted: Mar 29, 2024
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