TSU--“Mitake no Sakura” (Mitake’s sakura) is a famous cherry blossom viewing spot in the mountains about a one-hour drive from Tsu Station in Mie Prefecture. There, around 500 mountain ...

I like to call it ‘champagne wishes and cotton candy dreams,' and it’s enough to make anyone excited and relish in the magic of sakura.” ...

Trains usually reduce speed between Funaoka and Ogawara stations on the JR Tohoku Line during the cherry blossom season so that passengers can view the sakura. However, in the year of the ...