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Francois' Japan Blog by Francois, staff writer of japan-guide.com previous post index next post 2011/04/22 - Cherry Blossom Report: Aizu We spent the second and last day of our cherry blossom report trip to the southern Tohoku Region in Aizu, a popular tourist destination in Fukushima Prefecture, one hundred kilometers east of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant. Tsuruga Castle April 22, 2011 - just opened (0-10%) The cherry trees around Tsuruga Castle, the city's most famous hanami spot, were still at an early stage of their flowering season today. A majority of them had only just started to open their blossoms and won't reach full bloom until later next week. Cherry blossoms start to open around Tsuruga Castle Cherry blossoms start to open around Tsuruga Castle A grove of cherry trees seen from the castle's top floor A secondary aim of our visit was to check on Tsuruga Castle's new look. Time-consuming renovation works to revert the castle's roof tiles back from black to their original red color - a rarity among Japanese castles - were completed last month, and the castle looked better than ever. The earthquake of March 11 caused some cracks in the walls of the newly renovated castle keep, but fortunately the damage was only superficial and has already been fixed. Tsuruga Castle's new look The castle's roof tiles were reverted back to their unique red color The grounds of Tsuruga Castle were quite busy today previous post index next post List of Posts: 2011/09/01 - Final Post 2011/05/09 - Cherry Blossom Report: Sapporo 2011/05/06 - Cherry Blossom Report: Hakodate 2011/04/22 - Cherry Blossom Report: Aizu 2011/04/21 - Cherry Blossom Report: Sendai 2011/04/16 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2011/04/15 - Cherry Blossom Report: Osaka 2011/04/14 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kanazawa 2011/04/13 - Cherry Blossom Report: Yoshino 2011/04/12 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2011/04/11 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2011/04/08 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2011/04/04 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2011/04/03 - Cherry Blossom Report: Fukuoka 2011/04/01 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kagoshima 2011/03/31 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kumamoto 2011/03/30 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2011/02/11 - Shiretoko Fantasia 2011 2011/02/11 - Asahikawa Winter Festival - by night 2011/02/10 - Asahikawa Winter Festival - by day 2011/02/09 - Sapporo Snow Festival 2011 - by night 2011/02/08 - Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi 2011 2011/02/07 - Sapporo Snow Festival 2011 - by day 2010/12/31 - Travel Highlights 2010 2010/11/26 - Autumn Color Report: Osaka 2010/11/26 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2010/11/25 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2010/11/24 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2010/11/23 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2010/11/16 - Autumn Color Report: Tokyo 2010/11/05 - Autumn Color Report: Yamadera 2010/10/27 - Autumn Color Report: Kuju 2010/10/26 - Autumn Color Report: Kirishima 2010/04/10 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2010/04/09 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kanazawa 2010/04/08 - Cherry Blossom Report: Osaka 2010/04/07 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2010/04/05 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2010/04/01 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2010/03/30 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2010/03/26 - Cherry Blossom Report: Nagoya 2010/03/25 - Cherry Blossom Report: Nagasaki 2010/03/22 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kumamoto 2010/03/21 - Cherry Blossom Report: Fukuoka 2010/01/23 - Wakakusa Yamayaki 2009/12/31 - Travel Highlights 2009 2009/11/26 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2009/11/25 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto Light Up 2009/11/23 - Autumn Color Report: Nara 2009/11/22 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto Ohara 2009/11/21 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2009/11/18 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto Higashiyama 2009/11/16 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto Kurama 2009/11/04 - Autumn Color Report: Hakone 2009/10/07 - Autumn Color Report: Hachimantai 2009/10/06 - Autumn Color Report: Mount Akita-Komagatake 2009/09/28 - Autumn Color Report: Kamikochi 2009/09/24 - Autumn Color Report: Oze National Park 2009/06/18 - Biking the Shimanami Kaido 2009/06/01 - Gunkanjima 2009/04/15 - Cherry Blossom Report: Osaka 2009/04/15 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/04/14 - Cherry Blossom Report: Himeji 2009/04/14 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kobe 2009/04/13 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kanazawa 2009/04/12 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/04/05 - Cherry Blossom Report: Yoshino 2009/04/04 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/04/03 - Cherry Blossom Report: Nara 2009/04/02 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kobe 2009/04/01 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/03/31 - Cherry Blossom Report: Himeji 2009/03/30 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/03/29 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2009/03/26 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2009/01/19 - Bears in Hokkaido 2008/12/03 - Autumn Color Report: Kamakura 2008/10/06 - Autumn Color Report: Lake Akan 2008/08/18 - Miyajima Trip 2008/06/09 - Post Towns 2008/05/08 - Baseball Game 2008/04/14 - ASIMO and Aoyama Cemetery 2008/04/08 - Ninja Restaurant

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