2009 Christmas Sakura
I do not know what is the reason – a mutation, a special microclimate or a result of the global warming but Sakura is back in Kobe this year. We found the flowering trees by pure chance (we even didn’t know there is a park at the end of HAT Kobe) but there they were twenty or so at different stages of Sakura.
Here are the videos:
and the second one:
Sakura usually comes in Kobe in mid-April, so late December Sakura is definitely a little bit early one. I know there are plum trees (ume) which usually flower in January but the one we saw were cherry trees (as far as I can say). Here are the pictures so you can verify on your own:
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The park is localized at the very end of HAT (Happy Active Town) -Kobe next to a small harbor land. You can come and verify on your own in the existence of the phenomenon. I wonder if the outcome of Copenhagen Climate Change conference would be different if I uploaded the images (and videos) a few days earlier? :)
I promise to visit the park in few days again and take more pictures. I definitely expect to see some fully flowered Sakura trees.
These are just two photos of the park with sakura trees:
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Yeah, I was out in Kitano the other day and also saw a few blossoming trees.
Yes indeed. Other people from Kobe told me the same.
And for today and tomorrow the weather forecast it 13 C (which is most probably 20 C at sun)!!!
Welcome greenhouse effect :)
Cheers