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Sakura in a star-shaped park
Star-shaped Goryokaku Park in Hakodate City, southern Hokkaido, has about 1,500 cherry blossom trees, mainly of the Somei-yoshino variety. Visitors flock here to ascend the tower, which offers a breathtaking vista of the whole precinct bathed in pink.