Monthly Archives: February 2016

2016/02/08 Original Kawazu Sakura tree

160208sakura01These are the pictures that I took in Kawazu town this morning.

The original cherry tree of Kawazu-Zakura is now blossoming about 30 %.

160208sakura02It was discovered in the 1950’s by one of the local people on the river side in Kawazu town, and now there are over 8,000 trees in this town.

This kind of Sakura is very famous for blossoming between early February and early March, because the other kind of Sakura usually blossom in around April in Japan.