[2025 Kumagaya Attraction] Travel Guide for Kumagaya Sakura Tsutsumi (Updated Mar)

Saitama Prefecture's Kumagaya Sakura Tsutsumi is a representative cherry blossom forest in Saitama Prefecture. During the blooming season, 500 Yoshino cherry trees blossom simultaneously, covering the 2-kilometer riverbank. When the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, the contrast of the canola flowers beneath the cherry trees, the pink cherry blossoms, and the azure sky in the background has been attracting locals to enjoy the view since the Edo period (200-400 years ago). It's a 5-minute walk from Kumagaya Station, making it easily accessible from the Kanto region. During the annual cherry blossom festival, there is also a magical illumination event from 18:00 to 21:00.

Kamagaya Sakura Tsutsumi is one of the famous places in Japan to enjoy cherry blossom views. “Tsutsumi” in Japanese means “embankment” or “patio,” and “sakura” of course refers to cherry blossoms. So,Kamagaya Sakura Tsutsumi is perhaps the embankment or terrace in Kamagaya which is famous for its beautiful cherry trees. Places like this are often favorite spots for picnics and enjoying the beauty of cherry blossoms during the flowering season in Japan. #cherryblossom2024

#cherryblossom2024 Top 100 From the end of March to the beginning of April, cherry trees along the banks of the Arakawa River dress in pale purple. You can walk along the river or have a picnic under the sakura tree. Recommended to do Stroll along the Arakawa River, admiring the cherry and rapeseed blossoms Sit with friends, food and drinks under the shade of flowering trees How to get there The Arakawa River can be reached by train. From Tokyo, go to Kumagaya Station. It's a seven-minute walk to the river from there. Trains of the Takasaki, Shonan-Shinjuku, Ueno-Tokyo and Chichibu Railway lines and the Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines stop at Kumagaya Station. Pink and yellow During the period of admiring sakura, five hundred cherry trees on two kilometers along the bank of the Arakawa River are covered with flowers. At the same time, rapeseed blooms, in Japanese - nanohana. The contrast between the lilac, pink, white flowers at the top and the yellow ones at the bottom is an impressive sight. During cherry blossom, people of all ages usually flood the quiet shore. Merchants set up kiosks here and sell snacks and drinks. There is a path along the riverbank, which is pleasant to walk along. On the way from Tokyo to Kumagai, you can watch the cherry blossoms in Omiya Park and Hikawa Temple.

#cherryblossom2024 Just watching people enjoying the cherry blossom festival freely makes me happy too.🥰 That was the view.😍 It was about an hour and a half by car from Saitama City... After crossing the bridge in front of the venue, I waited for an hour to enter the free parking lot🥳 It is a 5 minute walk from Kumagaya Station, so we recommend coming by train.🚆 Today, there was a Yosakoi dance performed by the locals, which entertained us.🤩 The cherry blossoms had begun to fall, but the view was still beautiful. There were more flowers left near the bridge.🌸 I was surprised to hear the steam locomotive blowing its whistle from time to time, but I was lucky to see the nostalgic Sakura train.🚂

Every spring is the day when cherry blossoms🌸 and rapeseed flowers are in full bloom, suitable for crossing the border, we arranged to go to places I have not been to see cherry blossoms; Kumagai, only half an hour drive from the center of Tokyo, take JR directly, because all the way from the city center After playing in the countryside before returning to Hong Kong, so arranged to stay a night in Bear Valley, so you can see the morning, dusk and evening cherry blossoms and rapeseed flowers ~ Kumagai Sakura Causeway is located about 10 minutes walk from Kumagai JR Station🚉, following the map is easy to find, I went at dusk, there are already many people there picnic, wandering, from the entrance walk in, see a large one The road like an embankment, underneath is planted with cherry trees and rapeseed flowers, under the blue sky with pink cherry blossom trees, below with golden yellow rapeseed flowers to match, as far as the eye can see, like a painting so beautiful ~ Coinciding with the easing of the epidemic, the customs clearance of various places, so the cherry blossom festival is resumed, under the cherry embankment, on both sides of the long streets, filled with all kinds of authentic food and drinks, and a large tent set up izakaya, very lively, so many The whole family buys food here, and then has a picnic under the cherry trees. It's really relaxing~~ 📍Kuma Valley Sakuraba: About ten minutes walk from the station 🚆 Transportation: JR Hokuriku Shinkansen, Shinkansen, Takasaki Line or Shonan Shinjuku Line or Chichibu Railway - Kumagai Station #OverseasTravel #Tokyo #NearJapan #Cherry Blossoms