Cherry blossom season
Wakamurasaki suite mountain cherry blossom
In Daishoji, Sakura riverboats night tours are organized during the full bloom of the cherry blossoms from the 8th until the 13th of April.
Kanasawa castle opens its door for a special visit: From April 4th, the Ishikawa mon and Sanjuken Nagaya will be open for visitors only for 76 days.
In Japan, there are four seasons in a year, so we can see
many kinds of flowers each season. The best one among them would be the season
of cherry blossoms, the favorite species for all Japanese.
A cherry blossom is the name for the flower of cherry trees known as sakura in Japanese. In English, the word sakura is equivalent to the Japanese
flowering cherry, not to be mistaken with the cherry fruit that comes from another
species of tree. Japan has a wide variety of cherry blossoms; over 200 cultivars can be found here. Cherry
blossoms and leaves are edible and both are used as food ingredients in Japan.
The blossoming begins in our area at the end of March or the beginning of
April. Japanese pay close attention to the weather reporters, who inform them
when would be the best time for seeing cherry blossoms. A large number of
parks, shrines, and temples have cherry blossoms, a way for family and friends
to hold flower-viewing parties.