Last Updated: Apr 1, 2023

Asukayama Park

One of Tokyo’s Top Cherry Blossom Spots

Donny Kimball
7 min readApr 1, 2023

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Asukayama Park (飛鳥山 公園) in Kita City (Kita Ward) is located on Mount Asuka and is home to 600 cherry trees (sakura trees)
his story was originally published on donnykimball.com and has been syndicated here on Medium

At least insomuch as my own personal outings have been concerned, the 2023 cherry blossom season has largely been a wet one. I guess that is part and parcel of being what the Japanese call an ame-otoko (lit. “rainy guy”). Not wanting to let the spring downpours cancel my chance to see the cherry blossoms…

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Donny Kimball

I'm a travel writer and freelance digital marketer who blogs about the sides of Japan that you can't find in the mainstream media. https://donnykimball.com/