Fukui

Secret Sakura Viewing Spot in Fukui

Unknown park decorated with cherry blossoms in Sabae

Takako Sakamoto Apr 15, 2015 - 1 min read

<p>A green open space surrounded by pink cherry trees in full bloom</p>

<p>Cherry blossoms in the park viewed from a nearby riverbank</p>

<p>Pretty in pink, they were fully blooming!</p>

<p>Somewhat sad view of the riverbank on a cloudy day</p>

<p>Looking down at beautiful cherry trees from the riverbank</p>

<p>My car parked alone in the spacious green park decorated with beautiful cherry blossoms. They were all mine!</p>

<p>Close-up look at the pretty pink flowers</p>

<p>Looking at the isolated green park through cherry tree branches</p>

<p>Blurry rows of cherry tree boughs</p>

<p>They say when the center of cherry blossom turns dark pink, it's about to fall off a tree. The days of their beauty were numbered!</p>

<p>Wheel tracks on a green lawn inside the park, it looked like someone was there before me.</p>

In early April, I visited a small river in Sabae City where I could see carp streamers, cherry blossoms and pretty daffodils all at once. On my way back home, I stopped by at the vast fields of mustard flowers in the middle of nowhere. They were surrounded by untainted nature and so beautiful. When I was looking around in the yellow fields, I spotted a bunch of pink color in the far distance. They were cherry blossoms! As a certified Sakura hunter, of course I chased after them without knowing where I was heading. When I arrived, they were inside a some kind of park, but there was no sign or anything to indicate what it was. I decided it was a free park only for me, and enjoyed my tranquil stay under the beautiful cherry trees!

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...