A mountainous floral paradise with 3,000 blooming peach trees

Some 3,000 peach trees come into bloom in Toyota City's town of Kaminaka once spring rolls around. The Kaminaka area offers paved pathways to flower viewers as well as a temporary parking lot filled with food and other merchandise vendors to let you enjoy the scene on a full stomach. The nearly one-kilometer stretch offers a myriad of different weeping peach tree varieties in a spectacle which is seemingly Heaven on Earth.

Opening ceremony (tentative)

Date and time: 10:00 am, Mar 24
• Calligraphy performance (by Master Hosui Ichinose)
• 2023 Kaminaka Weeping Peach Blossom Photo Contest Award Ceremony
• Crime prevention awareness item handouts (Asuke Police Station / Asuke Crime Prevention Association)

Kaminaka Weeping Peach Blossoms flyer (Japanese) (file size:3.58MB)

Basic Information

Parking

Address	〒444-2835 Area around Tsunasho, Kaminaka-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi
Phone number	0565-68-3653 (Asahi Tourism Association. Available 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Tue–Sun.)
Parking	Paid parking available (Shidaremomo no Sato temporary parking lot: 200 spaces. JPY 1,000/kei or standard-size vehicle [includes a JPY 100 donation fee].) Cooperative donation fee: The beauty of Kaminaka's approximate 3,000 weeping peach trees is only possible due to year-round management, such as cutting the surrounding grass, fertilizing, pruning, and other work. A donation fee is requested to each vehicle using the parking lot to ensure a future for the trees.
Restrooms	No restrooms available past the Asahi Tourism Association and Toyota City Hall's Asahi Branch. Use a restroom before proceeding on to the venue as the drive takes time should traffic congestion occur.
Location	Area around Tsunasho, Kaminaka-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi
Period	Peak time: Around early Apr (differs by year)
Directions by car	Head toward Achi on Route 11 (Toyota–Aichi Route) along the Yahagi River from Shidare Interchange on Sanage Green Road
Related links	Asahi Tourism Association Web Site (Japanese)