Very large white flowers, sometimes with a pale purple tinge towards the base of the tepals. White filaments and anthers. Not to be confused with a second Japanese cultivar (see 'Musashino' (Takeuchi)) whose transliteration confusingly comes out the same in Western script - though they are clearly different in the original language. In this case, 'Musashino' is the old name of Kanto district.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height:  The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3.0 - 4.0 metres
Flowering period(s):  Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Jul Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Gen Sakurai
Country of origin:	Japan
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-13 (-27)cm Tepals: 8; 9cm long, 4.5-5cm wide, elliptic, pointed, overlapping, margin wavy