Kumagaya Tsutsumi Amazing Sakura

#cherryblossom2024 Top 100 From the end of March to the beginning of April, cherry trees along the banks of the Arakawa River dress in pale purple. You can walk along the river or have a picnic under the sakura tree. Recommended to do Stroll along the Arakawa River, admiring the cherry and rapeseed blossoms Sit with friends, food and drinks under the shade of flowering trees How to get there The Arakawa River can be reached by train. From Tokyo, go to Kumagaya Station. It's a seven-minute walk to the river from there. Trains of the Takasaki, Shonan-Shinjuku, Ueno-Tokyo and Chichibu Railway lines and the Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines stop at Kumagaya Station. Pink and yellow During the period of admiring sakura, five hundred cherry trees on two kilometers along the bank of the Arakawa River are covered with flowers. At the same time, rapeseed blooms, in Japanese - nanohana. The contrast between the lilac, pink, white flowers at the top and the yellow ones at the bottom is an impressive sight. During cherry blossom, people of all ages usually flood the quiet shore. Merchants set up kiosks here and sell snacks and drinks. There is a path along the riverbank, which is pleasant to walk along. On the way from Tokyo to Kumagai, you can watch the cherry blossoms in Omiya Park and Hikawa Temple.