In April, I'm going to Nara Yoshino Mountain to experience the cherry blossoms of spring. Here's a nanny-level guide.
Nara Yoshino Mountain ⛰️ | Enjoy cherry blossoms in spring 🌸 Step into 360° pink.
"Where should we go to see cherry blossoms this year?" Today, let's take a tour of the World Heritage site "Mount Yoshino", which is a rare large-scale cherry blossom blooming area! Here, you can also enjoy the ancient roads, temples, and shrines.
🌸Cherry Blossom Viewing Guide:
Best time to view cherry blossoms: early to mid April (about 10 days later than Kyoto area overall)
Riding the cable car up Mount Yoshino, you can overlook 30,000 cherry blossom trees. The color of the cherry blossoms will gradually change with the altitude of the mountain, and the top of the mountain in the morning will be accompanied by a thin mist, giving off a mysterious beauty.
From the foot to the top of the mountain, they bloom in succession, and the flowering period usually lasts for one month. The areas with the highest altitude have a relatively late flowering period.
At night, the cherry blossoms are lit up, allowing you to appreciate the enchanting night cherry blossoms different from those during the day.
Popular ⛩️ Attractions:
"Shimosenben" is located at the lowest altitude of Mount Yoshino. In the center of the tourist area, there are railway stations, cable car stations, and observation decks.
"Nakasenbon" and Shimosenbon are the best cherry blossom viewing spots in Mount Yoshino, and there are many world-class shrines and temples
"Kinminesan Temple" is one of the most important holy places on Mount Yoshino. In the temple, there are Niwang Gate and Zao Hall, which are designated as national treasures.
"Yoshimizu Shrine" enshrines the five emperors, where you can experience the "thousands of cherry blossoms at a glance"
From the Hanayakura Observatory, you can overlook the whole Nara and the cherry blossoms with gradual changes in "Senbon", and feel like wandering in the sea of flowers
The flowering period at the highest altitude of "Okusenben" is relatively late, and the ancient pavilions here have maintained their original appearance for thousands of years
About 🍱 cuisine:
Persimmon leaf sushi, with vinegared rice and bluefish, salmon, and small pieces of sea bream, wrapped in persimmon leaves. The cherry blossom series, featuring cherry-flavored rolls, sakura mochi, and sakura sake, is also worth a try.
About 🚌 transportation:
Near the Jinye Station, at the foot of the mountain, take the hiking trail next to the station for about 20-30 minutes, or take the cable car up the mountain 🚠.
During the cherry blossom viewing season, there will be sightseeing buses and shuttle buses available for transportation. If you are driving on your own, there may be traffic congestion. 😊
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The night before, you can stay at this "Air❤️bnb" Japanese-style homestay, go up the mountain early to avoid crowds, and enjoy the panoramic view of the most beautiful cherry blossom mountain.
🏠Homestay name: enn yoshino
💓Reasons for recommendation
2 tatami rooms, perfect for friends and family traveling together. You can overlook the Yoshino River and the Yoshino Mountains, and enjoy great BBQ and fishing by the river. There is a temple next door that you can visit, and there is a parking lot available.
Yoshinoyama's cherry blossoms are most famous in Japan, divided into the next thousand, the middle thousand, the thousands, the thousands. A glance of the thousand means: you can see a thousand cherry blossom trees at a glance. The emperor of Houyu once established Japan's southern dynasty in Yoshinoyama, a lot of places of interest!
Yoshino cherry blossom season is about three to four months a year, this year on April 5 has the whole mountain cherry blossoms full, and the cherry blossom area from the bottom up there are four regions, including the next thousand, the middle thousand, the thousand, the thousand, the thousand. Sakura season 1 to 30,000 white mountain cherry branches will produce delicate and pleasant cherry blossoms, from the ridge to the valley, the mountains are a shallow sea of pink cherry blossoms.
The spring in memory should be like this. The green cherry blossoms in the valley. The birds singing. The scenery is like poetic ink. It makes people intoxicated. Enjoy the cherry blossom resort, Nara Yoshino Mountain, the Yoshino Mountain in the cherry blossom season is really beautiful, like a fairyland. Transportation: Osaka, take the Kintetsu Express at Tennoji Abenobashi Station, and the terminal is at the foot of Yoshino Mountain. In Nara, Nara City, Dawa Nishi-Daji Station, take Kintetsu Express (Sakahara Shrine forward) to Sakahara Shin-Miyamae Station, transfer to Kintetsu Express (Yoshino Line), and arrive at Yoshino Station in the past few years, basically Japanese local tourists, in recent years foreign tourists have also increased, But anyway, because the mountain is very large, except for the arrival of the car at the time of the people, the people are rare after arriving in the mountain. Very recommended this place, Yoshinoyama is famous for cherry blossoms, has the first reputation of Japan, when spring comes, pink cherry blossoms are full of mountains, known as "Yoshino Qianben cherry". From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the cherry blossoms are full of mountains in spring. Yoshino Mountain, known for its cherry blossoms, is divided into four parts, and in April of each year, cherry blossoms bloom in order of "thousand mountains", "thousand mountains", "thousand mountains", and "thousand mountains", and the scene is spectacular.
Yoshinoyama's cherry blossoms are the most famous in Japan and are a holy place to enjoy cherry blossoms. They are divided into the next thousand, the middle thousand, the thousands, the thousands, the so-called one-sight thousand, meaning that you can see thousands of cherry blossom trees at a glance. The cherry blossom season is all about walking and sightseeing, requiring physical strength and endurance.
In the spring of Yoshino Mountain in Nara, cherry blossoms will blossom all over the country. It is a place to appreciate cherry blossoms. At that time, tourists will be knitting and bustling. We went in early summer, because it is not a peak season for tourism, and there are not many tourists, so it seems very quiet.
My heart misses to go to Yoshino Mountain. It's cherry blossom season. There are thousands of cherry blossoms in full bloom. The clouds and sunshine intersect. The temperature is suitable. So I set out from Osaka. At Tianwangsi Station, sitting near the Tie Abe Ye Bridge Line to the end of Yoshino, we bought an express 1480, which was soon arrived in an hour and a half, and the car was much more comfortable than rushing. These days, the cable car at Yoshino Station is closed, so as soon as I get out of the station, I see a dense crowd, mainly Japanese, queuing up to take 360 buses to 1,000 of them. To save energy, I also follow them. In fact, you can get off from Ruyilun Temple and have good physical strength in the morning. The scenery of Zhongqianben is very charming. When the spring wind blows and the petals fall down, everyone whispers softly. It's a wonderful scene. Thousands to thousands of books, not too tired, between can pass several natural viewing platform, the scenery is invincible. Thousands of water shrines are beautiful. There is a huge cherry tree in them for many years. If you want to go to Aqianben, you should have a good rest here. Let's talk about Aqianben, because many people don't go to Austria. It's true that the road from top to Austria is a bit torturous, and there are always cars passing by (by the way, remember to wear masks), but gradually it is found that the scenic taste is more and more like Alishan Mountain, cherry blossoms are less and less, and the primitive forests are more and more. It takes about 40 minutes to walk from the top to the practice gate of Austria, and the slope is steep, so we should be prepared. Here is the hidden tower of the source Yijing. People who know this history can go and see it. When I arrived at Austria, I became addicted to customs clearance, so I followed the road signs and went up about 20 minutes to the Westward Travel Abbey, a very small repaired Abbey, where the Westward Wizards lived during Kamakura Period. The style here is totally different from that of the lower, middle and upper parts. They have yellow and rough eyes. They think they have gone to the northwest. The ramps are very exciting. They just don't know where you are going carelessly. It will take more than 20 minutes to get back to the hidden tower of Jinfeng Shrine, but I think it's worth it. Next, take a little rest. It takes about one and a half to two hours to go down the road. The more busy it is, the more busy it is. To sum up, it really takes a long time to sit in a rush. If you go to Yoshido near 10 o'clock, you can finish all the projects of Xia Zhong Shang Austria and Xihang Temple in a day (I'm a little girl). Jinfeng Mountain Temple is worth seeing. Don't wear high heels, but someone does. There is nothing to eat near Aqianben. There are buses coming down from Aqianben, but the flights are very long. Generally speaking, the lower middle and upper bound to play, Jiye Mountain is more original ecology, very beautiful, do not worry, less talk, more feel the quiet cherry blossom. Said a lot, in order to give you a reference, that's all.
Not bad, old-fashioned neighborhood, good place to go shopping.