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Cherry Trees in Ueno Park

Ueno Park has been famous for its beautiful cherry trees since the Edo era.

Every year in April, the cherry festival is held for two weeks. The very first cherry festival began in April 1948. As part of the festival, lanterns are hung on the trees. It is a very pretty sight, particularly at night. Many people enjoy having small parties under the blooming cherry trees. They sing and dance and eat and drink .

Long ago, there were many beautiful cherry trees on a mountain called Yoshino. After Kan-eiji Temple was built, Priest Tenkai who liked cherry trees ordered that those trees be carried from Mt.Yoshino to Ueno Park.

Shortly after the Second World War, many vagrants who lost their houses as a result of the war came to live at Ueno Park. They burned most of the cherry trees as firewood so that they could cook their meals.

Later, people around Ueno Park planted these cherry trees. There are about 1,200 cherry trees in Ueno Park now.

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