The Japan Cherry Blossom Association compiled a list of Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots, places selected to fulfill several requirements: it must be a well known historical location, with beautiful surroundings and with a large enough number of cherry trees. However, it is not a real top list, so each prefecture has at least one location listed.

Here’s one of the Fukui Prefecture cherry blossom spots, the Maruoka Castle Park, a place that I enjoyed tremendously…

Maruoka Castle, Fukui

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Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Japanese cherry tree varieties, Shidarezakura