Hana no Mawari-Michi (Cherry Blossom Viewing in Hiroshima)

Do you think you missed the best season of cherry blossom in Japan? It's too early to get depressed. You may still make it in time!

For "Hanami", which is indispensable in spring in Japan, people often enjoy a very popular kind of cherry tree called “Somei Yoshino (Yoshino cherry)”.

But here we introduce about viewing “Yae-zakura”, one of the cherry blossom kinds, which blooms a little later than Yoshino cherry.

Cherry Blossom Viewing in Hiroshima, Japan Mint Hiroshima Branch

Yae-zakura, in Kanji, it is written as "Eight-overlapping cherry blossoms", and the petals are piled up in multiple layers, making it a more gorgeous variety than Yoshino cherry.

Here are about about 60 varieties, 220 in total of Yae-zakura trees, and it's just a sight to see.

Well, where do you think the venue is?

This is at Hiroshima Branch of Japan Mint, an Incorporated Administrative Agency of the Japanese government and is responsible for producing and circulating the coins of Japan.

The Japanese coins in your wallet may have been produced here.

You may find coin packages of “Hana no Mawari-Michi”, limitedly sold of the year!?

For further information: https://www.mint.go.jp/category/eng

Event Period

One week in mid-April every year

*April 7th, Wed through 13th, Tue for 2021.

(Open from 10AM through 5PM)

Venue

Japan Mint, Hiroshima Branch (6-3-1 Itsukaichi Chuo, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima-shi)

*Other than the event period, you cannot enter the facility unless you have applied for a coin factory tour.

Access

1)Take a Hiroden Bus from North Exit of Itsukaichi Station (JR/ Hiroden Streetcar) to either “Itsukaichi 5(go) cho-me Guchi” stop or “Sendou bashi”, and walk for 10 minutes.

2)Take the Hiroden Bus from Hiroshima Bus Center to/via Nishi-Hiroshima Bypass and get off at "Saeki Kumin Bunka Center Mae" and walk for 10 minutes.

**During the event period, you can also take a temporary direct bus from Itsukaichi Station to Japan Mint, Hiroshima branch. Or you can walk for 20 minutes instead of taking bus.

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