Sakura no Sono

Sakura no Sono (櫻の園, "Cherry Blossom Garden") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida.

The story focuses on individuals from a drama club that are putting on Anton Chekhov's 1904 play The Cherry Orchard.

Theatrical stage productions debuted at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in 1994 and at the Aoyama Round Theatre in 2007 and 2009.

The plot is similar to the original manga, in which a modern-day all-girls high school traditionally celebrates its anniversary by staging Chekov's play, but the faculty consider canceling the play because Noriko, a senior, was seen smoking in a coffee shop with students from a rival school.

Two stage productions have been adapted, one at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in 1994 and another at the Aoyama Round Theatre in 2007 and 2009.