Hamamatsu "Higashi-Oyama Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival 2025: The largest cherry blossom and rape blossom festival in western Shizuoka Prefecture, celebrating its 10th anniversary"

The Higashi-Oyama Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival 2025, the largest of its kind in western Shizuoka Prefecture and beloved by many visitors, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. It's located approximately 3km from the Hamamatsu-Nishi Interchange on the Tomei Expressway and about 9km north-northwest of JR Hamamatsu Station, along the road leading to Lake Hamana...

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Sanaru Lake Cherry Blossom Viewing: "A pleasant holiday spent under the cherry trees with a homemade bento box."

Lake Sanaru, famous as a cherry blossom viewing spot in spring, boasts approximately 800 cherry trees blooming in succession throughout its 6km circumference, including Kawazu cherry blossoms, Kanzanji cherry blossoms, Somei Yoshino, Oshima cherry blossoms, mountain cherry blossoms, weeping cherry blossoms, and double-flowered cherry blossoms. Every year, I look down on Lake Sanaru from my home...

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Cherry blossom viewing at Lake Sanaru, within walking distance of my home, with my beloved dog and a homemade bento box ~Chocolat Live Stream ②~

I went to Sanaru Lake Park, which is within walking distance from my house, and enjoyed cherry blossom viewing with my dog, Chocolat, and a homemade bento box! This year, the cherry blossoms (Somei Yoshino) on the west bank of Lake Sanaru bloomed 1-2 weeks later than last year, likely due to the mild winter, and finally reached their peak in April...

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Enjoy the cherry blossoms at the "Sakura Festival" held at Hamamatsu Castle Park, where you can admire 340 cherry trees and enjoy a picnic lunch.

I went to the "Sakura Festival" being held from March 25th (Sun) to April 8th (Sun), 2018, at Hamamatsu Castle Park, the castle where Tokugawa Ieyasu resided for 17 years in his youth and which became the starting point of the 300-year Edo Shogunate! The festival features mainly Somei Yoshino cherry trees, but also weeping cherry trees, mountain cherry trees...

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