Tokyo Nihonbashi Edo Sakura Dori is the street where the stone historic buildings such as the headquarter of SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION are lined up.

This street also is located on the adjacent to the south face of Nippon Bank building.About 80 number of “Somei-Yoshino” Cherry blossoms are planted on the both sides of the street and bloomed with crimson color from late March to early April every year.

Bank of Japan Head office: The first international building in Japan which was designed by Japanese architect.

Tatsuno Kingo designed and built in 1896 with spending two years design and 6years a half of construction after he inspected various central banks in Europe for a year.

This building is designed after National bank of Belgium as Baroque style. The first floor is constructed by stones and the second & 3rd floors are constructed by bricks to achieve weight reduction. The outer walls are pasted by stones to have people felt that all this building is constructed by stones. The pair of columns in front of the building are designed based on Baroque architectural style.

Ueno park has been the famous place for cherry blossoms from Edo period (1603 – 1867).

It is said that in Edo era, the cherry blossoms were transplanted from Mt. Yoshino of Nara prefecture by Priest Tenkai who had supported Ieyasu Tokugawa as gthe founder of Edo Shogunate.

About 800 numbers of Cherry-blossoms centered on Park Sakura Street decorate the garden.

The Cherry blossoms on Sumida Park is one of the best spots for a cherry blossom viewing picnic which is selected as one of the top 100 cherry blossom spots in Japan.

There have been planted about 310 trees on the Sumida Ward side and about 600 trees on Taito Ward side

of the opposite shore with over 1km where you can enjoy the collaboration with Tokyo Sky-tree.

After Tokyo Olympic finished in 1964, the plan to reform this area as “The only forest park in Tokyo”had raised up.

The plan had started from 1966 and a tree‐planting campaign was executed spending 5 years to plant broad‐leaved trees and seasonable tress such as Cherry blossoms, Ginkgo, Japanese cypress and so-on.

At last, Yoyogi park was finished to create as one of the largest parks in Tokyo.

The best sightseeing highlight of Yoyogi Park is Cherry-blossoms which are planted as about 700 numbers of trees and one of the best Famous place for cherry blossoms.