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Shinkawa Senbonzakura and Fire Lookout Tower 新川千本桜・新川西水門広場 火の見櫓

A 3 km canal promenade lined with around 700 cherry trees of 21 varieties, wooden bridges and a climbable 15.5 m Edo-style fire lookout tower: Edogawas spring photo secret.

About

The Shinkawa canal was dug in the Edo period to carry salt from Gyotoku to Edo. Edogawa ward rebuilt both banks as the Shinkawa Senbonzakura ("thousand cherry trees") promenade, completed in 2015, with 718 trees of 21 varieties, arched wooden footbridges and stone paving that evoke an old canal town. At the western end, the Shinkawa Nishi-Suimon Plaza has a 15.5 m wooden fire lookout tower modelled on those of Edo; you can climb it on weekends and holidays (daily during cherry season) for a view along the canal. Shinkawa Sakura-kan, a Japanese-style rest house in the middle, serves tea and hosts events. Late March brings the Shinkawa Senbonzakura festival, but the canal is lovely year round.

Highlights

• 718 cherry trees of 21 varieties along 3 km
• Climbable 15.5 m Edo-style fire lookout tower
• Arched wooden footbridges over the canal
• Shinkawa Sakura-kan rest house

Tips

• Lookout tower open weekends and holidays 10:00-15:00, plus weekdays in cherry season.
• Funabori Station (Toei Shinjuku Line) is the closest; the canal is about 10 minutes south.
• Weeping cherries bloom a little earlier than the Somei-Yoshino.

Open in Google Maps · Info checked 2026-10-09

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