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A weeping cherry more than a thousand years old, one of the three great cherry trees of Japan.
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The Miharu Takizakura (三春滝桜; lit. waterfall cherry tree of Miharu) is an ancient cherry tree in Miharu, Fukushima, in northern Japan. It is a weeping higan cherry (Prunus subhirtella var. pendula ‘Itosakura’. syn. Prunus spachiana ‘Pendula Rosea’. Benishidare-zakura in Japanese) and is over 1,000 years old. It flowers in mid to late April, and its light pink flowers spread in all directions from the branches, like a waterfall.
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Designation：Natural Monument
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