The 5th Atami Zakura Itogawa River Cherry Blossom Festival
2014/12/25
There will be a Cherry Blossom Festival to be held at promenade alongside Itogawa River. During the festival, tourists can enjoy various performances such as street performing, band performance as well as free cherry tea service. Cherry trees will be lighted up at night. We sincerely hope you will come and enjoy this festival.
Atami Zakura, a unique variety of cherry tree is a cold-resistant cherry native to India which blossoms in early January to late February. The tree was brought to Japan along with lemon and date palm by Italians who visited Atami around 1871. Since then it had been planted and expanded by the locals for generations.
Early blooms and late blooms of flowers together form two layers of flower that can be enjoyed at the same branch for as long as about one month.
Information
| Event name | The 5th Atami Zakura Itogawa River Cherry Blossom Festival |
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| Place | Promenade alongside Itogawa River |
| Address | 11-3 Chuo-cho, Atami, Shizuoka |
| Period | Jan 24th (Sat) to Feb 15th (Sun) of 2015 Time: 10 am to 3 pm, Light-up illumination: 5 pm to 11 pm |
| Participation fees | – |
| Contact | Tel. 0557-85-2222 |
| Getting there | [By train] Walk for approx. 15 to 20 minutes from JR Kinomiya Station or JR Atami Station. [By bus] From JR Atami Station, take a bus for Atami Port and Korakuen for 7 minutes, get off at Ginza, walk for another 1 minute. |
| Website | http://www.ataminews.gr.jp/ |
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