Plum Tree Blossom festival at Kairakuen, Mito.

preceramic · February 15, 2020, 10:56pm

Kairakuen“偕楽園” is a historic garden founded by Nariaki Tokugawa“徳川斉昭” the 9th Mito feudal lord in 1842.

From Feburary 15 to March 29, Plum Tree Blossom festival will be held at Kairakuen“偕楽園”.

In Kairakuen“偕楽園”, there are 3,000 plum trees in about 100 varieties.

From sunset to 21:00, the plum trees are illuminated with natural lights and is nightscape is very fantastic.

Especially, the reflection view from the south shore of Lake Senba“千波湖”, Tsukiike“月池” and the waterway nearby Tazu-Naki Bairin“田鶴鳴梅林” is beautiful.

Please come to Kairakuen“偕楽園” and enjoy the luxurious aroma from the blossoms of plums.

HiroyukiTakisawa · February 16, 2020, 12:07pm

@preceramic preceramic さん

今回も美しくライトアップされた偕楽園をご紹介していただきありがとうございます！これもまた壮観ですね！

今年は全国的に例年より温かいようですが、そちらでもなにか違いがあったりするのでしょうか？

KarolT · February 16, 2020, 1:05pm

Wau @preceramic

Beautiful scenery…

Something special…

I comment this post last week, but then missed.

Karol

preceramic · February 17, 2020, 12:42am

（ @HiroyukiTakisawa ）様

いつもコメントをいただきありがとうございますm(__)m

今年は例年よりも早く梅が咲いており、来週くらいには偕楽園は見頃を迎える感じです。

暖冬の影響で桜が早く咲かないことを祈るばかりです(^_^;

川口武彦

preceramic · February 17, 2020, 12:45am

Dear, （ @KarolT ）

Thank you very much for your comment.

Most of the visitors of Kairakuen, visits during the Plum Tree Blossom festival throughout the year.

Yours, Sincerely

Takehiko Kawaguchi

MortenSI · February 17, 2020, 1:42pm

Thank you for the wonderful photos @preceramic , they look amazing!

I thought Japan was all about cherry blossoms, but these plum trees look just as beautiful. I agree with you about the reflection, it adds a whole new layer to the photos.

Thanks for sharing!

preceramic · February 17, 2020, 2:09pm

Dear,（ @MortenSI ）

Thank you very much for your comment.

In Japan, cherry blossoms blooms in April, but plum trees blooms in February to early March.

Yours, Sincerely

Takehiko Kawaguchi

MortenSI · February 17, 2020, 2:16pm

Good to know @preceramic , thank you!

I’ve seen plenty of the cherry blossoms, we have them several places in Denmark too and they really live up the area with their pink colors.

I like what they did with the lights at this event though, it enhances the whole experience.

James8Arthur · February 18, 2020, 11:41am

I love the way the trees are lit up @preceramic it all looks very surreal… and so beautiful. Awesome photos. Thank you for sharing them.

preceramic · February 21, 2020, 9:03am

Dear,（ @James8Arthur ）

Thank you very much for your comment.

I’m happy to hear that.

Yours, Sincerely

Takehiko Kawaguchi

kiara1966 · February 24, 2020, 2:00pm

Kairakuen Park is famous of plum blossoms. Kairakuen is the traditional Japanese park . We can enjoy smelling of plum blossoms in this season.

Giu_DiB · February 24, 2020, 2:34pm

Hi @kiara1966 ,

Welcome back to Connect and thanks for sharing this experience with us. Can you tell us more about your experience? You can follow the Helpful tips for writing a good post by @HiroyukiTakisawa .

To improve your pictures’ storytelling, you could also see the suggestions in this post on How to tell a story through your photography.

Just to let you know, to keep things organized I am merging your post to the ongoing thread Plum Tree Blossom festival at Kairakuen, Mito.

HiroyukiTakisawa · February 24, 2020, 3:41pm

Thank you for tagging me @Giu_DiB

@kiara1966 さん

はじめまして。こちらも偕楽園の梅なんですね。共有していただきありがとうございます。 @preceramic さんの記事を通して偕楽園の写真を見て、いつか行ってみたいと思っています。

お住まいは福島でしょうか？先日は、ローカルガイドの交流会で福島に行きましたがとても楽しかったです。ぜひこちらも御覧になってみてください。

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また、日本人ローカルガイド向けの便利情報もまとめてありますので参考にリンクをはっておきます。
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