Huong and I woke up early to head to the flower park in Ashikaga. It was spring, cherry blossoms were in full bloom. Entering the park, we were barraged with an array of colors as the whole park was filled with all kinds of flowers and plants, it smelled wonderful. Cherry blossom petals were flowing in the air and the ground was laden in pink. There was a stream that flowed around the park with petals cruising on top of it, it was really Zen. In the center of the park were giant wisteria trees, from its long branches dripped purple flowers all the way to the ground and the soil beneath was covered in violet petals. They were more than a hundred years old. We went around and took a lot of photos.
Afterwards, we boarded the train to head for an onsen. It was a perfect way to end the day, I got out feeling a bit lightheaded and very hungry, a common effect of bathing in an onsen. So we decided to have dinner at a shabu-shabu hotpot restaurant. It was amazing and we went home very satisfied with how the day panned out.Read more
April 27, 2019 in Japan