The Poenys in the Oh-edo park of Ome

2013-04-25

The poenys are noｗ blooming in the Oh-edo park in Ome.
The blooming is slightly earlier then usual year.

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I think you may see the blooming of the poenys for about two weeks.

In the Oh-edo park, there is the large olden style well, which named this park.

The flowers in the hillside

2013-04-20

I try to walk one or one and half hours at least three days per week.

While I was walking the day before yesterday, I took some pictures of the flowers.

It's getting warmer. So many flowers are going to bloom around my house.

Azalea in Shiofune Kan-non temple

I went to the Shiofune Kan-non temple in Ome, Tokyo.
This temple is famous of the azaleas in the garden.

The temple was built about 1350 years ago.

These pictures were taken 10 days ago. Only one kind of azeleas are in bloom.

Most of azeleas in the temple will be in bloom around the bigining of May.

The cherr;y blossoms along the road to the Hokura-shrine in Kobe

The cherry blossoms along the road to the Hokura-shrine in Kobe.

The Hokura-shrine is located at the top of Mt. Hokura.

 To climb up Mt. Hokura to the Hokura shrine, we may find many cherry trees along the road.

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In Japan the cherry blossoms are in bloom everywhere now.
I went to the Okamoto Minami park, which is nameed Sakuramori park.
Sakuramori means the person to take care cherry trees. Mr. Shintaro Sasabe is that person.
He is very famous for it and Mr. Tsutomu Minakami wrote the novel about him.
The park is located at Mr. Sakamori's house. He collected many cherry trees and now we may see many cherry trees at the park.