The best places to admire plum in Japan

Spring has come in Tokyo. The air in the Japanese capital warmed up to 19 degrees. Here and there pink buds bloom in the trees. This is not sakura, the season of admiring the cherry will begin only after a month and a half. It is a plum, and it is no less beautiful. In this post are the three best, in my opinion, places for plum hans, admiring the flowers.

Kairaku-en Park (Mito, Ibaraki)

Kairaku-en Park is considered by the Japanese as one of the three main parks in the country. The other two are in Kanazawa and Okayama - the road from Tokyo is not a short one. Kairaku-en is located in Ibaraki Prefecture. Why is he on the first line? Firstly, because about 3,000 plum trees grow in the park. This is a lot. Secondly, because the local plum blossom festival has a very long history - this year it will be held for the 123rd time. And finally, in the evening, an illumination is arranged here. Night plum admiring is a fairy tale.

Kairaku-en Park (偕 楽 園, Kairaku-en)

Dates of the festival of blooming plum in 2019: February 16 - March 31 (illumination: February 23 - March 21)

Opening hours: from 6 to 19 / on days of illumination - up to 21

Entrance to the park is free.

How to get there:

A bus from Tokyo station to Mito / Mito / 水 戸 station (2,080 yen one way, about 2 hours on the way) or an electric train from Tokyo station to Mito station (an hour with a small on Hitachi express train, 3,820 yen one way).

Local bus from Mito Station to Kairaku-en stop (160 yen one way, about 15 minutes on the way).

Mount Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Ibaraki)

Do you like outdoor activities? Then I propose to combine the beautiful with the useful and go to conquer Mount Tsukuba. In February - March, plum blossoms on its slopes. About 1000 trees of different varieties, clean air, benches and gazebos, from where a breathtaking view opens. Storming the summit is not necessary at all - all the beauty is concentrated somewhere at an altitude of 250 meters. By the way, at the foot, before, plum wine was poured.

Mount Tsukuba / Mt. Tsukuba / 筑波 山

Dates of the festival in 2019: February 16 - March 21

the entrance is free

How to get there:

At Akihabara Station (Akihabara, 秋葉原), take the Tsukuba Express Line to Tsukuba Station / つ く ば 駅 (1,140 yen one way). From Tsukuba Station by Mount Tsukuba Shuttle Bus to Mount Tsukuba Shrine Entrance / 筑波 山 神社 入口 (720 yen one way).

Hanegi Park (Tokyo)

Hanegi Park is located at Umegaoka Station in Tokyo, whose name can be translated into Russian as "plum hill."

Of all the metropolitan parks, there are most plums here, about 650 trees. And at the nearby station is the cat-temple of Gotokuji, where thousands of maneki-neko every day ask the sky to send us good luck and happiness. Spring, flowering plum and seals are a great combination.

Hanegi Park (eg 根 木 公園)

Dates of the festival in 2019: February 9 - March 3

Entrance to the park is free.

How to get there:

From Shinjuku Station / 新宿 駅 along the Odakyu Line / 小田急 線 to Umegaoka Station / 梅 が 丘 駅
15 minutes on the way, 190 yen one way. From the station to the park about 5 minutes on foot.

Watch the video: Beautiful cherry blossoms spots outside of Japan (May 2024).