Sunday, March 24, 2013

Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom in Yokohama

Spring has come to Yokohama. Cherry blossoms are in full bloom at Sankei-en Garden.
We can enjoy beautiful scenery whenever we come here.
 Three storied pagoda
Pretty flowers on a trunk of a tree.
Both amateur and professional photographers are setting up their cameras waiting for shutter chances.

Another must-see of Sankei-en Garden is Rinshunkaku which was brought from Wakayama Prefecture.

PS
Sankei-en Garden was named after Sankei Hara(below) who was a successful businessman and an antique colletor.

But, without his adoptive father's presence he could not have built such a big garden.
This is a portrail of Zenzaburo Hara who was the founder of Hara Enterprise which dealt with silk trade and earned a prodigious sum of money. Zenzaburo's only heir apparent passed away leaving his daughter Yasu.
Yasu studied at Atomi Women's High School where she met a teacher named Tomitaro Aoki. Tomitaro Aoki was Sankei Hara's original name before his marriage. 
  

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