Mikamine Park, Public park in Sendai, Japan.
Mikamine Park is a public park located south of central Sendai with expansive grounds and numerous cherry trees throughout its landscape. The space includes wide open lawns and tree-lined paths designed for walking and resting.
The hill holds a Jomon-period settlement, the Mikamine site, where eight pit dwellings were found, and three small Kofun-period burial mounds. In 1937 the Sendai Army Cadet School was rebuilt here; damaged in the July 10, 1945 air raid, it closed at the war's end. The site then housed the Second Higher School and, from 1949, Tohoku University's first general education division until 1958. The city opened the park in 1967.
The park serves as a gathering place during spring when people gather to celebrate the cherry blossom season with food vendors and local activities. Families and friends come together here to share meals and enjoy the season alongside their community.
Mikamine Park is about a 23-minute walk from Nagamachi Minami Station on the Nanboku Subway Line, roughly 2.5 km west of the Nagamachi district. The bus stop "Nishi-Taga 1-chome Nishi / Mikamine Park Entrance" nearby is served by Miyagi Kotsu buses. The summit stands 68 m high, about 40 m above the flatland below the cliff.
The cherry trees trace back to Obata Chūjirō, the mayor of the former Nishitaga village, who is said to have planted several hundred of them here during the Taishō era. By 2019, 38 varieties had been recorded, among them Yamazakura, Kasumizakura and Satozakura.
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