Fukui

Spring Flowers at Nishiyama Park

Giant park in Fukui decorated with pretty colors

Takako Sakamoto Apr 28, 2015 - 1 min read

<p>Shaga (iris japonica) blooming in a gentle spring breeze</p>

<p>Red azalea blooming beside the path in the park</p>

<p>Nishiyama Park is famous for its 50,000 azaleas, and they are just starting to bloom</p>

<p>A man and his dog taking a stroll along the pathway decorated with early blooms of red azaleas</p>

<p>Close-up look at the azalea buds. They will bloom in lovely red in early May.</p>

<p>There were already blooming azaleas in the park</p>

<p>Yae-zakura in full bloom (yae-zakura is different kind of cherry blossoms that will bloom in late April)</p>

<p>Lovely pom-pom-like pink blossoms of yae-zakura</p>

<p>Pink azaleas were also blooming earlier than usual</p>

<p>Red, pink and white azaleas just started to bloom. The whole park will be colorful with these flowers soon.</p>

The other day I went to Nishiyama Park in Sabae City, Fukui, to see its pretty moss pink blossoms on the hillsides. Fluffy moss flowers covered part of the hills and they were so lovely. However, this park is basically famous for its 50,000 azaleas, so I explored the park further to see how they were doing. Some were already blooming, but most of them were still in the bud stage. As a bonus, I found pretty Shaga flowers (iris japonica) along the path. They looked happy basking in the sun. It made me very happy and grateful to be alive and enjoying the soft breeze under the clear blue sky of warm spring!

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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...