Didn’t you always want to visit a mountain with cherry blossoms? Today, we are at Mt. Mimuro. It is a famous place for cherry blossoms. 300 Yoshino cherry trees cover half of Mt. Mimuro. Locals love to relax here.
Mt. Mimuro is 82m above sea level. From here, you can see the Tatsuta River. You can also view the town of Ikaruga and the Yamato Basin.
Prince Shotoku built the Ikaruga Palace. He invited the guardian deity of Asuka to Kamioka Shrine on Mt. Mimuro.
At the foot of Mt. Mimuro, there is a monument. It honors Nouin Houshi and Ariwara no Narihira. Mt. Mimuro is a Utamakura. It is written about in Kokinshu and Shuishu. It appears with the Tatsuta River.
Nouin Hoshi is known for his poem about the Tatsuta River. A five-ring pagoda sits at the top of Mt. Mimuro.