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Exploring Plum and Cherry Blossoms in Japanese Gardens: Top Viewing Spots
It is the end of February and we already hit the time of plum blossoms with only one month left until famous cherry blossom season starts! Today I want to introduce some gardens, which hosts great plum and/ or cherry trees! The early plum blossoms in Japanese gardens are often underestimated. When the plums start […]
Top Cherry Blossoms (Sakura) in Japanese Gardens
Of course the cherry blossom is very much better known than the plum blossom I mentioned in a previous blog post. And yes, it is really great to stand under a whole sea of pink! I guess most visitors to Japan know the Japanese term for cherry – Sakura – because it is this famous. […]
Kyoto 2015 Garden Tour – Day 1 | Japanese Garden Travel Blog
A Rainy Start in Kyoto Needless to say, we were very eager to start our garden tour as soon as we arrived in Kyoto. After dropping our bags at the (rather festive!) hotel, we hurried off to catch the bus to our first stop. It was drizzling a little, but honestly — rain in a […]