Sakura model course
Travel by train! Ohanami (flower-viewing) course
（Estimated duration／about 6 hours）
This is a course where you take the Ban'etsu East Line to Ono-machi. After viewing the Benten cherry blossom tree that stands beautifully in the Japanese cedar forest, have lunch during the wait time for the train. After you've ridden from Sugaya Station to Ononiimachi Station, enjoy making an original Licca-chan doll and take a tour of the factory at Licca Castle. If you take another train and arrive at Natsui Station, try taking a leisurely stroll on the tree-lined road of Natsui Senbon-Zakura (or Natsui's thousand cherry blossom trees).
Sugaya Station
Benten zakura (Estimated duration/20 minutes by foot)
This is a Edohigan shidare (weeping cherry blossom tree) that is 400-year-old, and it flowers surrounded by a Japanese cedar forest. At base of the cherry blossom tree, there is a small shrine dedicated, and there is a legend remaining that says the parents of a daughter who died in a pond that used to exist in the area planted the cherry tree as a memorial to her.
Benten zakura
- Address：
- Nanamagari, Takinemachi Sugaya, Tamura, Fukushima 963-3601
- TEL：
- 0247-81-2136
this sakuraSugaya Station (Estimated duration/10 minutes by train)
Ononiimachi Station (Estimated duration/5 minutes by bus)
Licca Castle (Estimated duration/5 minutes by bus)
A factory manufacturing the dress-up doll "Licca-chan." There are various Licca dolls displayed, and in addition to touring the facility, you can rent a dress and dress up as Licca-chan, or purchase your very own Licca doll outfitted with the hairstyle and outfit of your choice.
Licca Castle
- Address:
- 51-3 Ononiimachi, Ono, Fukushima 963-3401
- TEL：
- 0247-72-6364
- Business hours:
- 10：00〜16：00
Ononiimachi Station (Estimated duration/5 minutes by train)
Natsui Station (Estimated duration/10 minutes by foot)
Natsui's thousand cherry blossom trees (Estimated duration/10 minutes by foot)
Over a span of 5 km alongside both banks of the Natsui River, there are around 1,000 Someiyoshino (Yoshino cherry blossom trees). The best time to view the cherry blossoms is from middle to late April, and the trees are lit up during the blooming period. Why not enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms in full bloom?
Natsui's thousand cherry blossom trees
- Address:
- Natsui Ono, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-3312, Japan
- TEL：
- 0247-72-6938