matsumae
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Sample Yoshino cherry blossom trees bloom in Matsumae Park. April 21 at 12:15 p.m. The town of Matsumae in the Oshima region of southern Hokkaido declared on April 21 that the Yoshino cherry blossoms in Matsumae Park had bloomed. The cherry blossoms began blooming in Hokkaido fiv...
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Rice topped with Hokkai shrimp available for a limited period at roadside rest area in Matsumae
March 6A seasonal dish of ‘rice topped with Matsumae Hokkai shrimps’ is being offered for a limited period until early April at the Umikaze Shokudo restaurant within Kitamaebune Matsumae, a roadside rest area in the town of Matsumae in southern Hokkaido.
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A ‘floating hydrangea’ event, in which hydrangea flowers are floated on a pond at the Matsumae clan mansion in Matsumae Park in the town of Matsumae, took place from July 22–August 1.
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Matsumae sky turns pink as the sakura festival begins
April 30, 2021The ‘73rd Matsumae Sakura (cherry blossom) Festival’ began on April 24 at the Matsumae Park venue in the southern Hokkaido town of Matsumae, where the cherry blossoms bloomed earlier than any time since observations began in 1982.
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Cape Shirakami in Matsumae Town at the southernmost tip of Hokkaido is known as a migration route for birds. Currently, flocks of brown-eared bulbul birds are flying along that route towards Aomori Prefecture's Tappizaki (cape) on the other side of the Tsugaru Strait to spend the winter there.
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Hydrangeas in Full Bloom at Matsumae Park
Aug. 7, 2020Hydrangeas, a yearly summertime sight, are in full bloom at Matsumae Park in southern Hokkaido.