Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots in Kansai Region

Spot Information

	Name	Shichikawa dam Lake(七川ダム)
	Best Viewing	Late March – Early April
	Address	Sada, Kozagawa-cho, Wakayama, Japan

19. Mitake / Mie

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There are about 500 Yama-zakura cherry trees lined up over 1.5km on both sides of a road from Ise-honkaido road to the approach to the Shinpukuin temple. During the flowering season, hundreds of Yama-zakura cherry trees along the road will create the beautiful cherry pink tunnel, expanding a lovely landscape against the background of adjacent terraced rice fields.

Spot Information

	Name	Mitake(三多気)
	Best Viewing	Mid-April
	Address	Mitake, Misugi-cho, Tsu City, Mie, Japan

20. Miyagawa Riverbank / Mie

Miyagawa river flows in the northwest of Ise Jingu (Geku) located in Ise city of Mie, and there is a row of cherry trees at the bank of Miyagawa river, which has been highly popular sight of cherry blossom since old times known familiarly as “Sakura-no-watashi”(literally ferry-boat of cherry blossoms to go to Ise Jingu) . A thousand of cherry trees such as Someiyoshino and Yama-zakura are lined up over 1km on the dike of the river bed and this area is crowded with many cherry blossom viewers during the flowering season.

Spot Information

	Name	Miyagawa Riverbank(宮川堤)
	Best Viewing	Early April
	Address	Miyagawa – Nakajima, Ise City, Mie, Japan