is a great place to relax and unwind amongst flowers in a quaint park. A popular spot for over 300 years for Tokyoites, many come to Askayama Park to enjoy Hanami- cherry blossom viewing alongside picnics with loved ones.
you will find not only thousands of cherry blossom trees blanketing the country side, but also sakura flavored Coca-Cola, sakura ice cream, and aShinkansen bullet trainknown as the Sakura. The sakura in paintings, poems, and song is often used to represent the transient nature of life...
when courtiers and other members of the nobility would sit outside and compose poems on various themes related to the blossoms around them. At this time, sakura trees began to be transplanted from the countryside into the capital, and were slowly introduced as ornamental plants throughout the na...