IV PEAGESIN@ UE De ORGCHENRaG 
BLOSSOM 
In addition to those places noted for cherry flowers 
since early times, there are many other places that have 
risen to fame in our modern era for a similar reason, 
and on that account are frequented by flower-loving 
people or holiday-makers in springtime. The follow- 
ing description covers only the more prominent cherry 
resorts, either old or new :— 
1 Yoshinoyama 
The famous cherry groves of Yoshino are on 
Mount Yoshino in Yamato province (Nara Prefecture), 
and the oldest of their kind boast of a long history 
of over one thousand years. The place can now be 
easily reached by electric-car or motor-car. There is 
also the convenience of cable-cars in the mountain. 
The. cherry groves extend for approximately 4 miles 
and contain tens of thousands of cherries, all being of 
the white mountain cherries belonging to that group 
known as the Yoshino form. The cherry groves at 
Yoshino are divided into several groups or sections. 
The section called Hitome-sembon or “one thousand 
cherries at a glance,’ where the cherry trees are most 
numerous, is the chief attraction, and the most noted. 
They are followed by other sections called Naka-no-sem- 
bon, Kami-no-sembon and Oku-no-sembon respectively. 
The flowers at Hitome-sembon and Naka-no-sembon are 
surpassingly beautiful, and in the flower season present 
a superb sight. Surely the places are worth while 
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