3. Taki sakura(滝桜)
Taki Sakura literally means waterfall of cherry blossoms.Yes,blossoms fall like waterstream all over. Taki Sakura was planted at over 1000 years ago by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (a barbarian-quelling shogun) in Nara age. He brought in a seed of Beni-shidare(red cerasus spachiana) sakura from the imperial palace in Kyoto. Also, Taki Sakura has many fantastic children and grandchildren of Beni-shidare Sakura, such as Jizo Sakura, Fudo Sakura and Battlefield Sakura etc.
Those Beni-shidare Sakura’s family blossoms gives atmosphere of Miyabi (an elegance of ancient capital Kyoto) around the area.
- The girth of a tree trunk: 9.5m, the height 12m
- The branch: east-west 22m, north-south 18m
Yu-pon visited there 3 times in the past. Yu-pon loves this sakura and this area. Taki Sakura stands on unique position in one of small foothills over lapped one another along the mountain‘s skirts.
Take a look at the cherry blossom here, it must be a one scene from fantastic Shangri-La.
Access
| Name; | Taki Sakura |
| Place; | 296 Sakurakubo Aza, taki Ooasza, Miharu town, Tamura County, Fukusima prefecture |
| Access; | 8 km from Miharu station (JR banetutousen line, 12min from Kooriyama) usually take a taxi, pay shuttle bus in season |
| By car; | from Tokyo, take Tohoku Expressway change Ban-etu Expressway to Exit at Funabiki &Miharu I.C., Drive 3km to Taki Sakura. |
Yu-pon recommend you to visit there by car, because you can drive around many beautiful Shidare-sakura located nearby Taki sakura. And you can stay through the expressway to the onsen of Iwaki, Dake, Taka-yu and Bandaiatami. Also there are sightseeing places 1-2 hours drive from there, Lake Inawashiro, Aizuwakamatsu Castle(another name: Tsuruga Castle) and Kitakata (old warehouse and famous ramen town).
