Night viewing of illuminated trees in Hiroshima Botanical garden.

Hi there. Are you enjoying spring?

The cherry blossoms season is almost finished in Hiroshima.
I have been enjoying eating outside under the cherry blossom trees.
The weather is warm and sun is out....♪

Have you ever been to the night viewing of illuminated cherry trees? We call it "Yozakura". There are a lot of parks in town and they put lanternｓ for viewing cherry blossoms in the night.
I went to the Hiroshima Botanical garden in the evening a couple weeks ago.
Look at these beautiful cherry blossoms!!


I love these different colors.
Many kinds of flowers were in full bloom.


And we listened to Koto (Japanese harp）live music.
It sounded so beautiful in the quiet of night with lovely cherry blossoms.

It is lovely season to see all the beautiful flowers at the Hiroshima botanical garden too.
Why don't you visit there for a day!


Hiroshima Botanical garden Website →　Click here!
It takes about 1 hour to the botanical garden from Hiroshima Hana Hostel by bus.

SAKURA Journal

Hello!
Finally the Spring has come to Hiroshima!!




Every year I go to Yamaguchi prefecture to see the
Sakura in Kintai-kyo.




It wasn't fully bloomed yet but it was still beautiful.





Oh, and look what I found!!





Do you see something?
Maybe this way would be easier.




I found a heart on his body :)




Anyways, the Sakuras are blooming
all over Hiroshima.
Kintai-kyo is not actually in Hiroshima but it's
only about 45min by JR from Hiroshima sta.
and another 15min by Bus from JR Iwakuni sta.
It's very nice for a day trip!

SMILE from Hiroshima :)

Hello there. First of all, I am very sorry people who suffer major damage by the big earthquake. And I would like to thank people who gave us lots of warm messages from all over the world. We did not have any damage in Hiroshima (West side of Japan). The weather has been really warm and sunny these days, so cherry blossoms are blooming really quickly now. I would like all the people to enjoy their trip in Hiroshima even in this situation. I have been thinking that I would like to cheer everybody up by smile. We are more than happy to suggest you some ideas for your enjoyable trip in Japan. Please ask us anytime, if you are worried about any things for your trip. We look forward to meeting you in Hiroshima Hana Hostel with a big smile :)

survival

I found 2 criminals in our hostel LOL !!

It was coldest last week in Kyoto.

Even for me, it was not sure I could survive this winter but it must be more difficult for the people come from hot area like Australia, Brazil, Mexico and so on…

They(on the picture above) were from Australia is summer now,seasons are opposite to Japan.

It must be really really cold for them too.

It is getting warmer now, and Spring is coming!!
Do you know that Spring in japan will be full of beautiful pink or white cherry blossoms ? (it is amazingly beautiful. )
For cherry trees to bloom, they need to experience low temperatures during the winter.
I guess they must bloom beautifully this spring more than past years.
Come to Japan(KYOTO) and enjoy the cherry blossoms viewing!!

my favorite phrase in Japanese
”Spring comes after winter”　"fuyu no ato niwa haru ga kuru"

SAKURA sakura SAKURA

Cherry blossoms are starting to bloom all over Hiroshima!!
Yesterday I went " Hanami " which means cherry blossom viewing
to CHU PEA park and KINTAI KYO(Iwakuni).

CHU PEA park is near Miyajima. You get off at the next station
after Miyajima, and it's about 10 min walk.
They have many types of cherry blossoms.

Actually, it wasn't fully bloomed.
But it was still beautiful.

This is a hanging cherry blossom. The whole picture of the hanging
cherry blossom is the first picture at the top.

After visiting this park, I went to Kintai-kyo in Iwakuni.
This place one of the major viewing spots in Japan.
Iwakuni is also a very nice place for a day trip.
Very easy access from Hana Hostel.

Please don't miss this beautiful season for cherry blossoms!