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Osaka Sakura 2010 – Sakuranomiya Park

March 29, 2010 5:56 am

Today we visited Sakuranomiya Park in Osaka. I do not know if this is the most beautiful place for sakura in Osaka but for sure it is one of the most popular. The name of the park (sakuranomiya) actually can be translated as – sakura temple.

The easiest way to reach it is by the loop line (it is only 3 stations away from Umeda – the main Osaka station). The name of the station is the same as the Park – Sakuranomiya staion. The park itself is situated alongside the Ōkawa river and it is claimed to have 4200 cherry trees!

It wasn’t full sakura yet but almost all the trees had at least some flowers on them and you could see here and there clusters of completely blossoming cherry trees.

This is the view from Genpachi Bridge（源八橋) – immediately next to the GR station (BTW if you need an elevator you must take the Sakuranomiya station exit which is away from the river/bridge).

Here are the rest of the pictures (they were all taken from the site of the OPA Tower – a modern complex of several big towers resembling a little bit a smaller version of Roppongi hill in Tokyo (here is my Christmas visit there):

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As you can see some of the trees were completely covered in the white petals. The river was also busy with entertainment ships. There were and a few hanami (“flower viewing”) already – people sitting or standing around big, blue mats and eating, drinking and chattering. But the allays overall looked like deserted in comparison with the real sakura time.

The next two photos are from the Sakuranomiya bridge (also known as “Ginbashi – “銀橋“) may be around half a kilometer (or slightly more) away from the GR station (direction Osaka castle):