Cherry trees (SAKURA in Japanese) are now in bloom here.
I walked in the city this morning and visited three places to see cherry trees.
<Honganji temple>
It's near TOKIWA department store.
There was only one cherry tree.
Flowers were in full bloom.
The scene of cherry flowers and temple gate behind the tree made me relax.
<Minami Tateishi Park>
In this park, I found three kinds of cherry trees.
- Someiyoshino, the most common cherry trees in Japan.
About a half (or a little less) of flowers are in bloom.
There were kindergarten children with colorful smocks and caps.
It seemed they were enjoying cherry-blossom viewing.
- Hikanzakura (bell shaped blossom)
<Beppu Park>
The cherry flowers in Beppu park have just started blooming in the the pictures below.
You will see beautiful flowers at the end of this week.
(GH)
