Cherry blossoms at Mt. Yoshino is called “Ichimoku Senbon” (a thousand cherry blossom trees in one glance), which indicates the large scale of cherry blossom trees here. Every spring, light and dark pink flowers flourish from the foot of the mountain to the peak, mainly in 4 areas- Shimosenbon, Nakasenbon, Kamisenbon, and Okusenbon. A viewing platform at Kamisenbon provides amazing panoramic landscape. It takes 2 hours from ascending to descending.
Admission: free of charge
Number of sakura trees: 30,000
The age of trees:
Variety: Yamazakura mountain cherry and Yoshino cherry
2019/2020 Cherry Blossom Viewing Dates at Mount Yoshino
Cherry blossom viewing period: late March to late April
Best time to view in 2019: early April
Best time to view in 2020 (estimated): early April
Light-up:
Cherry blossom festival in 2019: April 10 to April 12
