Chichibu AreaNagatoro Town
Nagatoro Sakura (Kita-zakura Street and the Sakura Passage)
Kita-zakura Street is a tunnel of cherry blossoms, with about 400 cherry blossoms lined up for about 2.5 kilometers, that goes along the Arakawa river from Nagatoro Station to Takasago Bridge.
The Sakura Passage is located at the foot of Mt. Hodo in Nagatoro Town. Here you can see more than 30 varieties of double-flowered cherry blossoms, measuring up to a total of about 500 cherry blossom trees. During the flowering season, they are lit up with beautiful illuminations. The best time to see the flowers is from early April to mid-April on Kita-zakura Street and from mid-April to late April on the Sakura Passage.
Scenery / Landscape Flower
Basic Information
- Tourist spot name
- Nagatoro Sakura (Kita-zakura Street and the Sakura Passage)
- Location
- 1753-1 Nagatoro, Nagatoro-cho, Chichibu-gun, Saitama Prefecture
- TEL
- 0494-66-02620494-66-0262
- Event information
- Kitazakura Street (Sakura Tunnel) Early-Mid April / Cherry blossoms passing through (Yaezakura) Mid-April to late April
Business hours / Fee
- Business hours
- Sakura passing through 9am to 9pm
- Fee
- Kitazakura Street is free, Sakura passing through, 200 yen for adults
Access
- Public transport
- 15 minutes on foot from Nagatoro Station on the Chichibu Railway
- Car
- From the Kan-Etsu Expressway "Hanazono IC", take National Highway 140, about 19km
- Parking
- Kitazakura Street: None, Sakura passing through: There is a charge
