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TouringSamegawaTengu-bashiBridgeA7.9m-long,4m-widenaturalstonebridgeacrossupperSamegawaRiver.Saidtohavebeenmadebytengu(amythicalJapanesemountainspiritwithalongnoseandredface).Visitorstravelingacrossthepathcanenjoyvariouswildplantsgrowinghere.AddressWarabinokusa,AkasakaHigashino,SamegawaVillageMt.AsahiA797m-tallmountainthatstandsastrideSamegawaVillageandIwakiCity.Mountainrhododendronsblossomnearthesummit,andonaclearday,youmightevenseeMt.Fuji!AddressHikingpathwestandeastentrances:Aono,Aono,SamegawaVillageCherryblossomsinspringEryuda’shiganzakuraThreeweepingcherrytreesstandbesidethiscemeteryonhighground.Itissaidthatlongago,thericefieldswereplantedwhenthesetreesbloomed.AddressMaenosawa,Watarase,SamegawaVillageKanzawa’sjizoanditsweepingcherrytreeStandingnexttoaJizodo(abuildingveneratingthebodhisattvaJizo)thatwasbuiltattheendofthe18thcentury,thischerrytreetowersat24minheight,andisestimatedtobeover200yearsold.AddressKanzawa,AkasakaNishino,SamegawaVillageHiuchiishi’sweepingcherrytreeAcherrytreethatstandsonhighgroundanddisplaysitsbeautifulbranches.Itsestimatedageisover400years.Inseason,it’sadditionallyilluminated.AddressHiuchiishi,AkasakaNishino,SamegawaVillageNidanda’shiganzakuraRoughly30mtall,andover350yearsinage,thischerrytreewatchesoverthecemetery.Itsshape,withitsbranchesspreadingtowardthesky,ismagnificent.AddressNidanda,Nishiyama,SamegawaVillage6