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title: Tokyo's Sakurazaka slopes
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journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/sakura/
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# Tokyo's Sakurazaka slopes

A little of each town’s story　/　Kagawa, Ehime & Tokyo

On the slope I walked in Akasaka and Roppongi, the marker post says the road was laid in the mid-Meiji era and named for a large cherry tree that stood at its foot until the war. Roppongi Sakurazaka, a 400-meter slope, was created in March 2003 in the redevelopment around TV Asahi. Den-en-chofu's Sakurazaka in Ota Ward was already known for its cherry blossoms, and became famous nationwide as the inspiration for Masaharu Fukuyama's hit song "Sakurazaka." A red bridge known as Sakurabashi spans the top of the slope; the nearest station is Numabe on the Tokyu Tamagawa Line.

## This moment in the journey: Sakurazaka in Akasaka and Roppongi

Next, a tour of Sakurazaka, the "cherry blossom slopes." There are said to be three of them in Tokyo.

First, Akasaka and Roppongi. A street climbing between office buildings had become a tunnel of blossoms. According to the marker post, the road was laid in the mid-Meiji era, and took its name from a large cherry tree that stood at the bottom of the slope until the war.

Past a pedestrian bridge, a row of cherry trees ran along a glass-walled tower. An urban oasis, a little removed from the bustle of the city.

![A Sakurazaka marker post telling the name's origin](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/sakura/s43-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://tabi-mag.jp/tk1266/
- Sources: https://matcha-jp.com/jp/1729

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/sakura/