As the cherry blossoms approached, several branches of the "sample tree" in Osaka Castle Park, which is a guideline for the flowering of Osaka City, were found to be broken.
The branch was broken at Somei Yoshino in the Nishinomaru Garden of Osaka Castle Park, which is the "specimen tree" that the Meteorological Observatory uses as a guide for the flowering of cherry blossoms in Osaka City.
On the evening of the 21st, the staff of the designated manager of the park confirmed that the tips of the three branches of the specimen tree were broken.
All of them are within the reach of adults, and it is unlikely that they were broken by the wind.
Hidenobu Kakita, director of "Osaka Castle Park Management", said, "It's very annoying because it's a tree that we are paying attention to every day. I definitely want you to stop breaking branches including other trees." I was talking.
In the future, we will consider measures such as whether to report the damage to the police.
According to a private weather company, the cherry blossoms in Osaka are expected to bloom on the 24th of this month.
The Osaka District Meteorological Observatory has decided to confirm the detailed situation after the 22nd, saying that "accurate observation may be affected depending on the state of buds and flowering of broken branches."