Mar 8, 2015 - 1 min read

Plum Blossoms at Fukui Central Park

Pretty pink flowers heralding spring on a cold day!

By Takako Sakamoto

Community writer

Deep pink plum blossoms starting to bloom at Fukui City Central Park under the blue sky

Alone in a cold wind

The plum grove at Fukui City Central Park is still awaiting spring's arrival in early March

In a sunny area of the park some plum trees are already blooming!

Delicate and elegant

Pink blossoms reaching for sunshine

Hotel Fujita Fukui towering over Fukui City Central Park. The Emperor and Empress stayed in this hotel when they visited Fukui.

Under the bright sun

Somewhat yellowish weeping willow tree in the park

Small plum buds waiting to bloom

Close-up look at the pink blossom

Dignified in a strong wind

Waiting to bloom in the dark

All the sweet promise of spring in one tiny bloom

Fukui's winter is long and cold. People here have to wait patiently for spring to come. I have waited, waited, waited for three long months. But still spring hasn't come. On one rare sunny day in early March I couldn't wait any longer, jumped out of my home into my car and drove to Fukui City Central Park, as one of my friends told me plum blossoms here were already blooming. YES! They were blooming! But it appeared that I came too early. It was still cold and two thirds of them were still waiting in a state of tight buds to bloom someday... Still, it was the first time for me to see plum blossoms in Fukui this year, and despite the cold they made me very happy! Spring is coming to Fukui finally!

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