About this location: Plum Grove Park
Mie's plum groves (including Yuki Shrine in Tsu City) are famous for early-spring plum blossoms in February and March. Red, white, and weeping plums bloom together against hazy Ise Bay and mountain backdrops, heralding spring.
Key features
- Yuki Shrine Plum Grove (Tsu) — about 300 trees, including weeping plums over 300 years old, paired with shrine architecture
- Inabe Agricultural Park Plum Grove — the largest in the Tokai region with about 4,500 trees forming a patchwork of white and pink across the hills
- Weeping Plums — among plum varieties, the most painterly; flower clusters dropping nearly to the ground photograph spectacularly
- Suzuka no Mori Garden — over 200 weeping plums, with magical illumination in March
- Yukiwa and Yae-zaki Varieties — many cultivars mingle, offering gradients of red, white, and pale pink
