is a public park located in Takayama,

Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. In 1873, the park was established in the mountainous area around the ruins of

Takayama Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Takayama, Gifu, Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The castle was built on a mountain nearly in height and had many typical castle features, including a stone base, earthen walls and a surrounding moat ...

.Shiroyama Park
City of Takayama. Accessed November 24, 2010. The park's name means "castle mountain."

Outline

The park covers an area of . It has over 1,000 Yoshino cherry trees and is popular in the spring time when they are in bloom.

References

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