Snow Melts at Yokokan Garden, Fukui

Blooming plum blossoms heralding spring

Takako Sakamoto Mar 04, 2016 - 1 min read

Looking at the garden pond through Yokokan house

Yokokan Garden was still half-covered with snow

A ray of light shining through bare branches at Yokokan Garden

Melting snow on the roof of Yokokan house

Melting snow was falling like rain from a rooftop of Yokokan house

Cherry tree patiently waiting for the spring to come on a warm day of February

Snow-covered Yokokan house clearly reflected on the pond surface

Other plum trees were still buried in snow

One sunny day in late February, I visited Yokokan Garden. Since a sunny day is quite rare in Fukui (it's almost always gray and buried in snow during winter!), I jumped out of bed as soon as I saw sunshine through my window in the morning.

As I'd expected, Yokokan was basking in the sun as though it was celebrating the early arrival of spring. Snow was melting, birds were chirping, plum trees were blossoming, and people were chilling under the blue sky, full of hope for the coming spring. This garden is beautiful throughout the year, but perhaps the early spring awakening is the best of all seasons.

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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...