Place famous for plum blossoms Spots in Around Chichibu Area

  • Hodosan Ume Hyakkaen
    Travel / Tourism
    Saitama Pref. Chichibugunnagatoromachi Nagatoro
    "A plum garden located at the top of 497-meter tall Mt. Hodosan in Nagatoro, Nagatoro Town, Chichibu County, Saitama Prefecture. The garden boasts the greatest variety of plum trees on its grounds of anywhere in the Kanto region, and some 170 varieties grow here, including toji; kanko winter plums; and the three ""tsuki"" (""moon"") varities: mangetsu, tagoto no tsuki, and somei no tsuki. The garden's glowers bloom from early February to around late March."

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Eclipsed by neighboring Tokyo, Saitama is often branded as the sleepy suburbs. However, look a little deeper and you’ll uncover quaint towns bursting with history and crafts from the kurazukuri Edo-period clay houses of Kawagoe to the ancient tree-enveloped temples of Chichibu.

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