Sakura Hiroba (さくら広場), the cherry-tree plazas

Sakura Hiroba (さくら広場) is a series of cherry-tree parks that the Panasonic group has opened on its own land, to designs by Tadao Ando. These unused plots are open to the public as a contribution to local life. There are four of them: at Makuhari, in the city of Narashino (Chiba Prefecture), at Kadoma and Toyonaka (Osaka Prefecture) and at Chigasaki (Kanagawa Prefecture).

The Kadoma park, opened in April 2006, covers about 16,200 m2 of the former head-office site.

Makuhari has 505 Yoshino cherry trees, Kadoma about 190. Water basins and lawns complete the planting. At Kadoma the plaza makes use of the changes of level of the ground.

At Kadoma the park forms part of the Panasonic Museum (パナソニックミュージアム), which also comprises two exhibition halls, one of them tracing the life of the group's founder, Kōnosuke Matsushita.

Entry is free at Kadoma and Makuhari.

Kadoma is about a 5-minute walk west of Nishisansō Station (Keihan line). Makuhari has no parking; it stands near Makuharitoyosuna Station (JR Keiyō Line).