Japan Tourism / Charm of Train Journey through Valley Full of Ornamental Peach Blossoms in Gunma, Tochigi Prefectures
2025/03/19
In 2000, Watarase Keikoku Railway Co. was hoping to increase ridership, and so it planted ornamental peach trees near Godo Station in Midori, Gunma Prefecture, after raising donations.
The company's trains run on a route inherited from the Ashio Line, which was used to transport goods to and from the now defunct Ashio copper mine in neighboring Tochigi Prefecture.
Its peach trees have grown so tall they now conjure up visions of Togenkyo, a fabled Chinese paradise. But the station is not the only place along this Watarase Valley railway where you can view the blossoms. And there are also sightseeing trolley trains that allow yet another way to experience this burst of spring color.
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