Cherry Blossoms 2011: Fukuoka Report (3/31)
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This year's cherry blossom season will be overshadowed by the tremendous loss caused by the recent earthquake. However, we believe that the blossoms will serve as symbols of hope and resilience and a source of motivation along Japan's road to recovery. With this in mind, we never hesitated to go ahead with our annual reports in order to inform travelers in Japan and readers across the world about this year's cherry blossom season.
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2011/03/31 - Fukuoka Report
by schauwecker
The cherry blossoms are slowly approaching full bloom in southern areas on Japan's main islands. Among these places is Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu, where I made a quick visit to Maizuru Park, the city's best hanami spot, today.
Maizuru Park
March 31, 2011 - opening (10-50%)
Maizuru Park is a pleasant public park that encompasses the former site of Fukuoka Castle. The park offers lots of good hanami spots among the castle's ruined walls and citadels.
Cherry trees were reported to have started opening on March 22 in Fukuoka. Nevertheless, most trees around Maizuru Park were still below the 50 percent mark today. With more warm and sunny weather forecast for tomorrow, many trees will probably pass the 50 percent mark soon and progress into full bloom over the weekend or early next week.
Near the Tamon Turret, there is also an attractive row of weeping cherry trees. Half of the trees are of the early blooming variety with five, light pink petals per blossom, which have already reached full bloom. The other half are of the later blooming variety with more than five, dark pink petals, which have only just started opening. Thanks to the staggered timing, the blooming season should continue here for at least another two weeks.
As seen elsewhere, the planned evening illumination and some of the scheduled events of this year's cherry blossom festival have been canceled in Maizuru Park.
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List of Posts:
2011/05/09 - Sapporo Report 2011/05/06 - Hakodate Report 2011/05/02 - Kakunodate Report 2011/05/01 - Hirosaki Report 2011/04/29 - Kitakami Report 2011/04/22 - Aizu Report 2011/04/21 - Sendai Report 2011/04/20 - Fujigoko Report 2011/04/19 - Tokyo Report 2011/04/16 - Kyoto Report 2011/04/15 - Osaka Report 2011/04/14 - Tokyo Report 2011/04/14 - Kanazawa Report 2011/04/13 - Yoshino Report 2011/04/12 - Kyoto Report 2011/04/12 - Okayama Report 2011/04/11 - Tokyo Report 2011/04/11 - Takamatsu Report 2011/04/10 - Osaka Report 2011/04/10 - Matsuyama Report 2011/04/09 - Kyoto Report 2011/04/08 - Tokyo Report 2011/04/08 - Yoshino Report 2011/04/07 - Hiroshima Report 2011/04/07 - Iwakuni Report 2011/04/07 - Nagoya Report 2011/04/06 - Kyoto Report 2011/04/05 - Tokyo Report 2011/04/04 - Kyoto Report 2011/04/03 - Fukuoka Report 2011/04/02 - Tokyo Report 2011/04/01 - Kyoto Report 2011/04/01 - Kagoshima Report 2011/03/31 - Kumamoto Report 2011/03/31 - Fukuoka Report 2011/03/30 - Tokyo Report 2011/03/30 - Kochi Report 2011/03/29 - Kyoto Report 2011/03/28 - Himeji Report 2011/03/27 - Tokyo Report |
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