"Kiku-sakura",the cherry blossomes like chrysanthemum, are full in bloom

 "Kiku-sakura",the cherry bloosoms like chrysanthemum, has been full in bloom at "Oyama-jinja shrine",Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture.This shrine had been built to worship the lord of Kaga clan,Maeda family.

 This cherry blossoms had been planted here from ”Kyoto-gosho",Kyoto Imperial palace,during Edo period.
The one cluster of this cherry blossoms has more than 300 petals.It is very rare.And another characteristic of this flower is to change its color 3times until fallings.First its color are magenta.Next its petals change the light pink,finally white petals. 

the sign board of this cherry blosom



  


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