Ohanami Party on Asuwa Riverbank

Great place for cherry blossom viewing party in Fukui!

Takako Sakamoto Apr 09, 2014 - 1 min read

Building of Piriken and beautiful cherry trees on Asuwa riverbank

Tsukumo Bridge in Fukui. Piriken is located near the bridge

Piriken restaurant map. Aside from the main dining on 2nd floor, there are 10 individual rooms for parties on 3rd and 4th floor

Inside one of the party rooms called Kaido, which sits around 10 people

Course menu of the day. Tasty Chinese full-course!

First 3 dishes out of 12 dishes. It costs 4,000 yen plus 1,500 yen for unlimited drinks

People enjoying Ohanami Party at Piriken

Cherry blossoms are beautiful outside the window, but we have forgotten about the cherry blossoms already!

From the windows of Piriken, beautiful cherry blossoms on Asuwa riverbank can be seen

An early reservation is recommended to secure the best room for an Ohanami Party!

When cherry blossoms start to bloom, there's only one thing Japanese people can think of...Yes! An Ohanami Party!

In Fukui, there are many places you can enjoy an Ohanami Party, and the Chinese restaurant Pilliken is one of the best places to enjoy it on the Asuwa riverbank. Located just beside the riverbank, near Tsukumo Bridge, this restaurant guarantees you one of the most beautiful views of sakura in your life AND tasty dishes! For more photos of cherry blossoms on the Asuwa riverbank, please look at my other photo stories on both daytime and night-time views of pretty sakura!

Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...