The "Hirosaki Apple Flower Festival" is being held in a park in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, when the apple flowers are in full bloom.
This event is held every year at "Hirosaki City Apple Park" by an executive committee made in Hirosaki City, etc. so that you can enjoy cherry blossom viewing.
Mayor Hiroshi Sakurada said on the 5th when the event started, "It's the season when apple flowers are in full bloom, which is unique to Hirosaki, which is the number one apple producing area in Japan. I want to hold the second cherry blossom viewing. "
In the park, 80 kinds of apple trees such as the main variety "Fuji" are planted, and about 2,300 apple trees are planted, and white flowers are in full bloom.
At the venue, there is also a corner where you can draw your favorite pattern with paint on a wooden box for apples, and an experience corner where you can make decorations using the branches of a tree that has been sewn.
A local first grade boy said, "I enjoyed working on it. I thought the branches of the apple tree were so thick."
Akinobu Shibuya, chief of the Apple Division in Hirosaki City, said, "I want you to enjoy apple flowers as the second cherry blossom viewing in the area. You can have many experiences related to apples, so please come visit us."
The "Hirosaki Apple Flower Festival" will be held until the 8th.