{"id":1931,"date":"2012-05-08T19:46:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T19:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2018-07-26T14:35:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T14:35:56","slug":"cherry-blossom-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/cherry-blossom-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Blossom part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised here comes the second part of the \u3055\u304f\u3089\u796d\u308a. In this post I will introduce you the <em>Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival <\/em>\u5f18\u524d\u3055\u304f\u3089\u796d\u308a (\u3072\u308d\u3055\u304d\u3055\u304f\u3089\u307e\u3064\u308a) in Aomori \u9752\u68ee. \u5f18\u524d\u3000is a former castle town and is located in the southwestern part of\u00a0 \u9752\u68ee. The major landmark of the city is the Hirosaki Castle \u5f18\u524d\u57ce (\u3072\u308d\u3055\u304d\u3058\u3087\u3046) and its surrounding park is one of Japan\u2019s most famous cherry blossom spots.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 \u5f18\u524d\u3055\u304f\u3089\u796d\u308a is held from 23rd April to 5thMay each year \u6bce\u5e74 (\u307e\u3044\u3068\u3057). \u00a0In the Hirosaki Park\u00a0 \u5f18\u524d\u516c\u5712 (\u3072\u308d\u3055\u304d\u3053\u3046\u3048\u3093) you can enjoy the beauty of about 2600 cherry trees in many sub-species including the\u00a0 \u3057\u3060\u308c\u685c and the\u00a0 \u30bd\u30e1\u30a4\u30e8\u30b7\u30ce.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>My personal highlight of the event is the \u591c\u685c (\u3088\u3056\u304f\u3089). Maybe you can guess the meaning of the word. \u2026..<\/p>\n<p>The first \u6f22\u5b57 \u201c\u591c\u201c means \u201enight\u201c and the second \u6f22\u5b57 \u201c\u685c\u201cmeans \u201ccherry blossom\u201d. Therefore \u591c\u685c simply means to enjoy and to view the cherry blossoms at night. The whole park \u516c\u5712 (\u3053\u3046\u3048\u3093) and the castle is lit up at night. The illuminated castle and the light pink colored tunnel of the \u3055\u304f\u3089create a fantastic and stunning scene. The \u591c\u685c is especially popular \u4eba\u6c17(\u306b\u3093\u304d) among couples \u30ab\u30c3\u30d7\u30ebwhich seems obvious, considering the romantic scenery.\u00a0 If you are interested for further information about this festival, take a look at the Tourist Information Site of Hirosaki: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.city.hirosaki.aomori.jp\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.city.hirosaki.aomori.jp\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested, you may watch the video here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0pV7F7lbn1g\">Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video contains short-takes from the \u5f18\u524d\u3055\u304f\u3089\u796d\u308a\uff12\uff10\uff11\uff12 and many of the scenes were filmed toward evening showing\u00a0 great impressions of the \u591c\u685c.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are ever around the Tohoku Area, do not miss your chance to stop by the event. \uff08\uff3e\uff3f\uff0d\uff09\u2606<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised here comes the second part of the \u3055\u304f\u3089\u796d\u308a. In this post I will introduce you the Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival \u5f18\u524d\u3055\u304f\u3089\u796d\u308a (\u3072\u308d\u3055\u304d\u3055\u304f\u3089\u307e\u3064\u308a) in Aomori \u9752\u68ee. \u5f18\u524d\u3000is a former castle town and is located in the southwestern part of\u00a0 \u9752\u68ee. The major landmark of the city is the Hirosaki Castle \u5f18\u524d\u57ce (\u3072\u308d\u3055\u304d\u3058\u3087\u3046) and its&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/cherry-blossom-part-ii\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6177,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/6177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}