Highlights of a day trip to a historic Mt Yoshino, a world heritage site in Kii Mountains together with Mt Koya & Kumano, on a beautiful spring day in late March 2023 with cherry blossoms in full bloom.
Yoshinoyama is known for Yamazakura (Cherry Blossoms) for more than 1000 years and more than 30K cherry trees blooming in 4 different areas (bottom, middle, upper, higher-up) of the mountain range in spring.
It has a long history of Shugendo, a combination of the mountain worship and the buddhism, and there are lots of historical temples and shrines as well as many stories of well-known historical figures' visiting and staying. Cherry trees, which are sacred in Shugendo, has been planted in the mountain for a long time and well-known sakura spots in Japanese history.
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The forest light shining through - [ Ссылка ]
Embark Towards Life - [ Ссылка ]
