Minoh Cycle Tours Blog

Having the combination of a day-off, good weather and sakura being in bloom, I decided to go for a walk in Minoh Park. Despite having been there countless times, I'd never visited when the cherry blossoms were out. Also it had been a few years since I'd been out to see sakura anyway, I was quite excited.  And I'm pleased to say I was not disappointed! Because I was going out looking for Sakura, I decided to take one of the lesser-treaded paths up to  Sakura Hiroba , then go back down to the station via Ryuanji and the insect museum. It would have been nice to go all the way up to the waterfall too, but since I had two boys with me, one of them strapped to me the whole time and the other being carried half the time, I decided not to over do it. Start: Sakurai station  Me and my crew got on the train and headed to Minoh. At Minoh Station, we had the good fortune of coming across an exciting police car . Climbing To Sakura Hiroba After we got to Minoh station we headed up th...

It's March and very much feeling like spring has sprung in Sakurai. Today I went for a walk and short train ride to Ishibashi today, and it reached 17°C! There were lots of families out for walks, and the Hankyu trains were filled with people looking to be heading to Minoh. There was also a free violin concert being set up in front of Sakurai station which would have been nice to watch if I'd had time. At Ishibashi, I watched some of the trains go over the bridge with baby No1, and noticed some plum blossoms. These are always a nice precursor to the cherry blossoms that come in April, and good way to mark the end of winter. What's On In Sakurai/Minoh March 2026 March 6th~7th - Hashigozake This is a bar-hopping event periodically hosted across Minoh City. Over 40 bars and restaurants participate, and the idea is you can get one drink and a tapa style food item to go with it for 1000 yen.  Bars along the Hankyu Minoh railway line, including those in the Hankyu Sakurai Ichiba ...