ture, and is close to the Kisogawa station of the Govern- 
ment Railway line on the Tokaido route. On _ the 
embankment along the River Kiso are planted a large 
number of cherries consisting mostly of Higan-zakura, 
or equinox cherries, and Shidare-zakura, or weeping 
cherries, with some mountain cherries, all forming a 
long avenue extending about 5 miles. The trees were 
planted in 1885 and have since attained full growth. 
In flower season, the embankment is a flower-show in 
itself. The season is about the middle of April. 
Each of the noted places listed above has been 
designated as protected by law, either on account of 
the excellence of its floral beauty or because of its 
great age. Besides these, there exist throughout the 
land quite a number of places famed for the beauty of 
their cherry blossom, most of which are, however, of 
comparatively recent origin, the trees belonging, for 
the greater part, to Somei-Yoshino. The cherry groves. 
on the bank of the Edo-gawa in Tokyo, and those at 
Inada in the neighbourhood of Yokohama, at Kowaki- 
dani in Hakone, on the Kaji-kawa embankment near Shi- 
bata, Niigata Prefecture, on Kaiseizan in Koriyama, 
Fukushima Prefecture, and in other places, are all 
cherry resorts of local fame. Of the above-mentioned 
places, the grove on Kaiseizan contains splendid trees 
of Somei-Yoshino and a large number of Yama-zakura 
and Higan-zakura, all planted in the early years of the 
Meiji era. 
WAS 
