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Sayama Park, located within Tokyo Metropolitan Sayama Park, is a home to Musashino’s satoyama landscape and nature which remains almost unchanged today. The park expands in the east of Lake Tama (Murayama reservoir) dam, a water source for the people of the Tokyo metropolitan area, and includes Yakebe Pond and Taiyo Hiroba (“sun plaza”) in the grove of mixed tree species. Various species of cherry blossom trees such as Somei-yoshino (cerasus xyedoensis), Yamazakura (cerasus jamasakura), Satozakura (prunus serrulata) have been planted, and you can enjoy the differences between these flowers. The fall foliage and spring sprouting of the Japanese maple and flowering dogwood trees near Yakebe Pond are breathtaking in their beauty.
Sayama Park has various kinds of cherry blossom trees including Someiyoshino, Yamazakura, Oshimazakura and other Satozakura, and is a famous cherry blossom viewing spot. Between Park Center to the areas around Sun Plaza, you will see the Trident Maple, Japanese horse-chestnut, and bald cypress (taxodium distichum) trees that were planted after the park’s opening.
Sayama Park offers you an opportunity to enjoy the different flowers/trees in each season, such as cherry blossoms including someiyoshino, the foliage of Trident maples, Japanese maple and Ginkgo. The below are examples of some of the flowers of the season. More details can be found in the Plant Encyclopedia section on the Nature Information Page.
Sayama Park Center
(Administration Office)
TEL 042-393-0154
(8:30 ~ 17:30)
3-17-19 Tamakocho, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo