The annual cherry blossom festival, which has become a symbol of the town, will be held in the Yonomori district, a famous spot for cherry blossoms in Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where evacuation orders were temporarily issued for the entire area due to the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.6 It started on the day.
The Yonomori district in Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture is a famous cherry blossom viewing spot with approximately 420 cherry trees lining a 2.2 km long street.
Last April, the evacuation order for the Yonomori area was lifted, and the main venue for the town's symbolic cherry blossom festival this year was moved to Yonomori Park for the first time in 14 years, the same location as before the nuclear accident. ” has been opened.
As of the 6th, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom for three minutes, but many people, including residents who had returned to the town and people living outside the town who had evacuated, came to enjoy a walk along the tree-lined avenue and get wet in the rain. I used to take pictures of flowers.
A woman in her 60s who once lived in Namie Town, where, like Tomioka Town, a temporary evacuation order was issued for the entire area due to the nuclear accident, is still evacuating to Aomori Prefecture. "It's encouraging. I felt that the town was moving forward strongly toward recovery."
The cherry blossom festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the 7th.