Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Kinugasayama Park Cherry Blossoms

   This is Cherry Blossom season is Japan. We are planning to visit several cherry blossom sites - trying to find the best places to go. Lots of places to choose from. Another thing we are going to be looking for is the right time to go - when the trees are in full bloom.
   On Wednesday, we went to Kinugasayama Park - a very pretty park with lots of trails and a view that overlooks the city of Yokosuka and Tokyo Bay. The cherry blossoms were very pretty although I don't think they were in full bloom yet.
   There is going to be a parade on April 17 with samurai dressed in armor to commemorate the Miura clan supporting the first shogun of Japan - Minamoto Yoritomo. Hopefully, we will get some good pictures for the blog.

Entrance to the park






















The Kinugasa Shrine

There were wooden animal sculptures
 throughout the park. 

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