The "Azalea Festival" in Higashi Village, which announces the arrival of spring in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa, has begun, and visitors are enjoying the colorful flowers.
About 50,000 trees of more than 30 types such as "Keramatsutsuji" and "Hiradotsutsuji" are planted in "Village Forest Tsutsujien" in Higashi Village in the northern part of Okinawa Prefecture, and colorful flowers such as red, white and pink are in bloom. increase.
Visitors enjoyed the arrival of spring by looking at the flowers and taking commemorative photos.
A woman from Yaese-cho said, "It was wonderful and I enjoyed seeing many azalea flowers."
According to Higashimura, the temperature was low last month, but the warmth of the past few days has caused the flowers to bloom all at once, which is about five days earlier than usual, and it is likely to be in full bloom from around the 10th of this month.
Mr. Takuya Kamiya of the Higashimura Planning and Tourism Division said, "I think that the influence of the typhoon is small, there are many buds, and many flowers will bloom. The timing of flowering differs depending on the type, so you can enjoy various flowers. I was talking.
Higashimura's "Azalea Festival" is open until the 21st of this month.