“Tsazawa Kubo-zakura”’ (a giant equinox cherry) 
(3) ‘‘Isazawa Kubo-zakura ” 
This tree grows on the tableland of Isazawa village, 
Higashi-Okitama County, Yamagata Prefecture, about 
5 miles east of Nagai station on the Nagai Line. 
Motorcar service is available between the station and 
the village. The tree is an aged one belonging to the 
white Higan-zakura group, the girth of the trunk 
being about 27 feet at 4 feet above the ground. The 
flowers open at the end of April. 
(4) ‘Miharu Takizakura ”’ 
This sakura tree, a giant Shidare-zakura (weeping 
cherry) bearing crimson flowers, is the pride of Naka- 
zato village, in Fukushima Prefecture. The village is 
about 2.5 miles from Miharu station on the Government 
Railway line. Motor-car facilities are available for the 
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