In the Kanazawa castle, 1mins on foot from Guest house Shiro
In front of guest house Shiro
Moat of Kanazawa castle, 10secs on Foot from Shiro
Now is a best timing to come to Kanazawa for Sakura.
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Annual Night Festival at Kenroku Park and Kanazawa Castle
In mid April, Kenroku-Garden and Kanazawa Castle were lit-up on a special occasion.
The two sites are located right next to each other and are connected by a bridge. So you can enter from either premises.
From Shiro, our guesthouse, Kanawaza Castle Park is only ten minutes walk away. A perfect location to enjoy the scenery is accessibly day and night.
Usually, we cannot see these premises in the dark.
The fully-blossomed sakura trees were glowing in the dark on a chilly night of an early spring.
Not only sakura, palm trees were also lit-up, revealing their majestic torso.
Overall, the trees were dimly lit but that created a surprising effect – it looked like trees were floating in the dark.
The parks were bustling with many street food stalls out that night.
However, unlike chaotic festivals in big cities, there weren’t too many people and hence we were able to keep our own space and enjoy the beautiful light-ups in a relaxed environment. This must be a charm of quiet Kanazawa.
This is Kanazawa Castle. The stone walls and sakura make us wanting to imagine what the life used to be back in the past.
Can’t emphasize enough how beautiful sakura trees were.
This is a picture of sakura when the flowers just started blooming.
There were many people ‘sakura-watching’ under the trees.
Drivers and cyclers who usually speed through the street slowed down on this particular day, unable to resist the beauty of sakura.
The scenery of Kanazawa is getting greener and greener everyday as the Sakura season comes to end.
Sakura at Shiro has Fully Blossomed
The long long winter is over!
The sakura trees at the Kuromonmae Ryokuchi located right in front of Shiro have fully blossomed!
Some walked by and picked up some sakura petals.
Looks like some petals did not fall naturally by the wind.
Looking up, the sky was filled with the beautiful sakura.
There it was…
It was this bird that was dropping the petals.
This is a view of the road that leads into the Kanazawa castle from the black gate. The road stretches straight.
There was a lane of cute little yellow flowers flourishing at the canal.
At the park right next door, red ume was making its appearance.
White plums as well.
At the large park, people were spending their own relaxed time, invited by the warm spring weather. Far far away, we see the mountains still covered by snow.
The castle is lovingly surrounded by sakura as well.
Sakura at some places are not fully blossomed yet. There were many that were still waiting for the best timing to flourish.
This is a view from a pedestrian bridge that connects the Kenrokuen Park and the castle. The sakura season had just started. Imagine cycling this road when all sakura have fully blossomed.
The season is just perfect. Very relaxing and chill after a long winter.
Shiro will not be open this spring yet, but please do visit Shiro to enjoy sakura, ume, and the gracious touches of spring next year.
We hope to enjoy the sakura that leads from Shiro to the black gate, and forget the time at the Kanazawa park and happily watch the world goes by amongst sakura trees.
