Welcome to the Yano Sakura Festival Page!

Every year in Spring in Japan the village Nakatsu of the Kumakogencho Province comes to life as the many villagers as well as spectators and visitors beginn with the preparations for the Yano Sakura Festival.
The Sakura Tree has traditionally always been considered as the most beautiful Tree by the japanese. In the light of this the villagers decided in the year 2002 to honor this tree by planting as many of these trees as possible every year so as to enrich their surroundings and make their province the richest in Sakura Trees. After the planting [...]