In April, I'm going to Nara Yoshino Mountain to experience the cherry blossoms of spring. Here's a nanny-level guide.
Nara Yoshino Mountain ⛰️ | Enjoy cherry blossoms in spring 🌸 Step into 360° pink.
"Where should we go to see cherry blossoms this year?" Today, let's take a tour of the World Heritage site "Mount Yoshino", which is a rare large-scale cherry blossom blooming area! Here, you can also enjoy the ancient roads, temples, and shrines.
🌸Cherry Blossom Viewing Guide:
Best time to view cherry blossoms: early to mid April (about 10 days later than Kyoto area overall)
Riding the cable car up Mount Yoshino, you can overlook 30,000 cherry blossom trees. The color of the cherry blossoms will gradually change with the altitude of the mountain, and the top of the mountain in the morning will be accompanied by a thin mist, giving off a mysterious beauty.
From the foot to the top of the mountain, they bloom in succession, and the flowering period usually lasts for one month. The areas with the highest altitude have a relatively late flowering period.
At night, the cherry blossoms are lit up, allowing you to appreciate the enchanting night cherry blossoms different from those during the day.
Popular ⛩️ Attractions:
"Shimosenben" is located at the lowest altitude of Mount Yoshino. In the center of the tourist area, there are railway stations, cable car stations, and observation decks.
"Nakasenbon" and Shimosenbon are the best cherry blossom viewing spots in Mount Yoshino, and there are many world-class shrines and temples
"Kinminesan Temple" is one of the most important holy places on Mount Yoshino. In the temple, there are Niwang Gate and Zao Hall, which are designated as national treasures.
"Yoshimizu Shrine" enshrines the five emperors, where you can experience the "thousands of cherry blossoms at a glance"
From the Hanayakura Observatory, you can overlook the whole Nara and the cherry blossoms with gradual changes in "Senbon", and feel like wandering in the sea of flowers
The flowering period at the highest altitude of "Okusenben" is relatively late, and the ancient pavilions here have maintained their original appearance for thousands of years
About 🍱 cuisine:
Persimmon leaf sushi, with vinegared rice and bluefish, salmon, and small pieces of sea bream, wrapped in persimmon leaves. The cherry blossom series, featuring cherry-flavored rolls, sakura mochi, and sakura sake, is also worth a try.
About 🚌 transportation:
Near the Jinye Station, at the foot of the mountain, take the hiking trail next to the station for about 20-30 minutes, or take the cable car up the mountain 🚠.
During the cherry blossom viewing season, there will be sightseeing buses and shuttle buses available for transportation. If you are driving on your own, there may be traffic congestion. 😊
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The night before, you can stay at this "Air❤️bnb" Japanese-style homestay, go up the mountain early to avoid crowds, and enjoy the panoramic view of the most beautiful cherry blossom mountain.
🏠Homestay name: enn yoshino
💓Reasons for recommendation
2 tatami rooms, perfect for friends and family traveling together. You can overlook the Yoshino River and the Yoshino Mountains, and enjoy great BBQ and fishing by the river. There is a temple next door that you can visit, and there is a parking lot available.
Yoshinoyama's cherry blossoms are most famous in Japan, divided into the next thousand, the middle thousand, the thousands, the thousands. A glance of the thousand means: you can see a thousand cherry blossom trees at a glance. The emperor of Houyu once established Japan's southern dynasty in Yoshinoyama, a lot of places of interest!
Yoshino cherry blossom season is about three to four months a year, this year on April 5 has the whole mountain cherry blossoms full, and the cherry blossom area from the bottom up there are four regions, including the next thousand, the middle thousand, the thousand, the thousand, the thousand. Sakura season 1 to 30,000 white mountain cherry branches will produce delicate and pleasant cherry blossoms, from the ridge to the valley, the mountains are a shallow sea of pink cherry blossoms.
The spring in memory should be like this. The green cherry blossoms in the valley. The birds singing. The scenery is like poetic ink. It makes people intoxicated. Enjoy the cherry blossom resort, Nara Yoshino Mountain, the Yoshino Mountain in the cherry blossom season is really beautiful, like a fairyland. Transportation: Osaka, take the Kintetsu Express at Tennoji Abenobashi Station, and the terminal is at the foot of Yoshino Mountain. In Nara, Nara City, Dawa Nishi-Daji Station, take Kintetsu Express (Sakahara Shrine forward) to Sakahara Shin-Miyamae Station, transfer to Kintetsu Express (Yoshino Line), and arrive at Yoshino Station in the past few years, basically Japanese local tourists, in recent years foreign tourists have also increased, But anyway, because the mountain is very large, except for the arrival of the car at the time of the people, the people are rare after arriving in the mountain. Very recommended this place, Yoshinoyama is famous for cherry blossoms, has the first reputation of Japan, when spring comes, pink cherry blossoms are full of mountains, known as "Yoshino Qianben cherry". From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the cherry blossoms are full of mountains in spring. Yoshino Mountain, known for its cherry blossoms, is divided into four parts, and in April of each year, cherry blossoms bloom in order of "thousand mountains", "thousand mountains", "thousand mountains", and "thousand mountains", and the scene is spectacular.
Yoshinoyama's cherry blossoms are the most famous in Japan and are a holy place to enjoy cherry blossoms. They are divided into the next thousand, the middle thousand, the thousands, the thousands, the so-called one-sight thousand, meaning that you can see thousands of cherry blossom trees at a glance. The cherry blossom season is all about walking and sightseeing, requiring physical strength and endurance.
In the spring of Yoshino Mountain in Nara, cherry blossoms will blossom all over the country. It is a place to appreciate cherry blossoms. At that time, tourists will be knitting and bustling. We went in early summer, because it is not a peak season for tourism, and there are not many tourists, so it seems very quiet.
吉野山(よしのやま)是位在奈良县中部・吉野郡吉野町吉野川南岸到大峰山脉北端的山岭之总称,或是以金峯山寺为中心的山地之广域地名。古来以赏花之名所而为人熟知,特别以樱花最有名,被称赞为千本樱,地域分成下千本(しもせんぼん)、中千本(なかせんぼん)、上千本(かみせんぼん)、奥千本(おくせんぼん)。从奈良去吉野山可以坐近铁电车,特急列车(指定席)的车费是1750日元,化个一个半小时左右可以到吉野车站。回来时坐的普通电车,费用便宜一半,只要850日元,但需要2小时,当中坐了二次急行电车,所以也没有慢许多时间。到了吉野车站,上山的话,可以坐巴士,最近缆车在修理。走路上山会比较累,都是斜坡。我是上山先坐了一段出租车,到中千本的金峰山寺化了2180日元。
Yoshino Hills is one of the three major cherry-watching sites in Japan. The Japanese themselves also like to come to this place. There are basically no land tourists here. If you start from any location in Kansai, the end point search for "Yoshinocho" will be fine. Early in the morning at 7 o'clock, we set off from Shin-Osaka Station, and it took about 2 hours to get to this station from the software. It was almost 10:30 to finally arrive here. Yes, we got on the wrong platform again and missed the bus.