No.60 Stone Splitting Cherry Tree

What a sight! This tree bursts with the power of life. Called the Ishiwarizakura in Japanese, this edohigan sakura is around 350–400 years old and has a trunk circumference of 4.5 meters. A seed that sprouted in a crack in the huge rock, which has a circumference of 21 meters, is said to have split the rock open as it grew. The tree now stands 11.2 meters tall with branches extending 13.9–18.6 meters.

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General information

Address Morioka District Court, 9-1, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture (岩手県盛岡市内丸9-1 盛岡地方裁判所内)
Peak bloom Mid-to-late April
Access by train 8 minutes by car from Morioka Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line
Access by car 20 minutes from Tohoku Expressway Morioka IC

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