Yoshino topographic map
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About this map
Name: Yoshino topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Yoshino, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture, Japan (34.33269 135.81801 34.45341 135.97953)
Average elevation: 1,394 ft
Minimum elevation: 466 ft
Maximum elevation: 3,671 ft
The most well-known area within the town is Yoshino Mountain, famous for its many thousands of sakura trees; much poetry has been written on the subject by several famous authors, including Chiyo and Uejima Onitsura. These flowering cherry trees were planted in four groves at different altitudes, in part so that the trees would be visible coming into bloom at different times in the spring. An account of Yoshino written in about 1714 explained that, on their climb to the top, travelers would be able to enjoy the lower 1,000 cherry trees at the base, the middle 1,000 on the way, the upper 1,000 toward the top, and the 1,000 in the precincts of the inner shrine at the top.