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or Koganei, or Asukayama; while the Kyoto people visit 

 Arashi-yama. But a more than local reputation attaches 

 to Yoshino in the Province of Yamato : there "a thousand 

 trees line the path and cover the hillside." And some poet 



CHERRY BLOSSOMS AT MUKOJIMA, TOKYO. 



has said: "The cherry blossoms on Mount Yoshino de- 

 ceive me into thinking they are snow." But Yoshino's fame 

 is disputed by other places: Asukayama, near Tokyo, is 

 called the "new Yoshino"; and an imperial poet has said 



