Plum Blossoms at Fukui Central Park

Pretty pink flowers heralding spring on a cold day!

Takako Sakamoto Mar 08, 2015 - 1 min read

<p>Deep pink plum blossoms starting to bloom at Fukui City Central Park under the blue sky</p>

<p>The plum grove at Fukui City Central Park is still awaiting spring's arrival in early March</p>

<p>In a sunny area of the park some plum trees are already blooming!</p>

<p>Pink blossoms reaching for sunshine</p>

<p>Hotel Fujita Fukui towering over Fukui City Central Park. The Emperor and Empress stayed in this hotel when they visited Fukui.</p>

<p>Somewhat yellowish weeping willow tree in the park</p>

<p>Close-up look at the pink blossom</p>

<p>All the sweet promise of spring in one tiny bloom</p>

Fukui's winter is long and cold. People here have to wait patiently for spring to come. I have waited, waited, waited for three long months. But still spring hasn't come. On one rare sunny day in early March I couldn't wait any longer, jumped out of my home into my car and drove to Fukui City Central Park, as one of my friends told me plum blossoms here were already blooming. YES! They were blooming! But it appeared that I came too early. It was still cold and two thirds of them were still waiting in a state of tight buds to bloom someday... Still, it was the first time for me to see plum blossoms in Fukui this year, and despite the cold they made me very happy! Spring is coming to Fukui finally!

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...