Sakura Shots - Miharu’s Takizakura
April 18, 2008 by Marie
I just went to see the grandmommy of shidare-zakuras… it was literally the grandmother of a 150-year-old weeping cherry blossom tree in Fukushima and the parent of another several hundred-year-old cherry tree in the same area. The Takizakura of Miharu is about 1000 years old. According to our tour guide, the hollow trunk of the tree makes it difficult to determine its exact age.
The Takizakura was in half-bloom when we visited. But it made it no less grand. Upon first sight, a sense of humbleness fills you. Incomparable to any other tree I’ve seen so far, it stood in the middle of a sloping hill. As we picnicked on the opposite hill, we couldn’t but admire its grandeur as a cherry blossom tree.
There were a hundred or so people visiting. I’m sure come the weekend, the place will be packed as the best viewing time is on the 19th and 20th of April.
That’s an amazing tree!
Nice pics.
Thanks for dropping by, Billy!
It was amazing, it was my first time to see such a magnificent tree!
Beautiful - I just read that some seeds from this tree are being sent to space - for zero-gravity study!
Thanks for visiting and commenting, Ken!
I checked it out and here is a story about it. Thanks for the info!