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Kawagoe is a tourist area in Saitama Prefecture, just 31 minutes from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. You will find lots of information for the tourist town, and reviews of points of interest in the town, on City-cost. I live in the area and frequently visit the tourist area. I was in the old town today and was delighted to find so many of the mature yaezakura in full bloom. Yaezakura are a late blooming cherry blossom. They bloom after the somei yoshino usually. They are double flowered and my personal favorite of all the varieties of cherry blossoms. Photo 1: yaezakura at the former Resona Bank.Photo 2: a yaezakura beside the "Happy Shrine".Photo 3: a yaezakura at Naritsan temple. If you are in the tourist area of Kawagoe in the coming days, keep an eye out for these beautiful, voluminous cherry blossoms!