The Gion Weeping Cherry Tree, a giant tree that lived for over 200 years, was a representative symbol tree of Kyoto, growing in Maruyama Park behind Yasaka Shrine, also known as Gion-shrine. Sadly, the original tree withered and died in 1947, but the renowned landscape gardener, Toemon Sano, cultivated a sapling from the original tree’s seeds, and the current second-generation Gion Weeping Cherry Tree is beloved for its elegant appearance, with its small, pale pink blossoms hanging down like a waterfall, signaling the start of cherry blossom season in Kyoto.#sakura #shorts #kyoto #tourism #spring #桜 #京都 #祇園枝垂桜 #athellomeno #4k