Bamboo Fence; The Taste of Nippon

In Japan, May is the time that season changes from spring to summer. The temperature is becoming warm as 60 to 77 degree Fahrenheit.

The season of cherry blossom is over, but then tulips and roses are blossoming.
Gardening events are held over country in this season.
For instance, around Tokyo area, 160,000 of tulips are in full bloom at Yokohama park.
At there, because the Yokohama Stadium is contiguous to the park, several baseball game watchers with their kids and bird watchers, and couples visit the place.




Also, at the Hitsujiyama park in Chichibu, a city of Saitama prefecture which located in next to Tokyo, has Phlox sublata in full bloom. The Phlox of Hitsujiyama park boasts one of the largest in the Kanto area, and the Phlox drawn with colorful design is overwhelming. (Planting area is about 176,000 m2, 9 types of Phlox, and about 40 million roots.) 
 Moreover, the Phlox subulata in the area of Mt. Fuji is also famous, and the Fuji Phlox Festival will be held in the Mt. Fuji area from April 19th to June 1st. Fuji Phlox Festival is one of the largest flower festival around Kanto area. It is amazing to watch, so if you have plan to visit Fuji in this season, it is recommended to go watch it.

 As Japan gets into the season of flower festivals, Japanese people starts to take care of their gardens at house. One of the online shop called "Garden Youhin Yasan", which means garden goods store, handles several stylish and fancy gardening items. Items of European style is also popular, but here I would like to focus on the fences of Japanese taste "Takegaki (bamboo fence)". 

 Takegaki is a fence that woven with bamboos. Takegaki is an essentioal for the gardens of Japan, and any gardens will be changed to Japanese garden once Takegaki is set. These Takegakis are seen especially in Kyoto, and bamboo forests to make bamboo fences are also recommended as one of the tourist spots.

 Finally, in June, Hydrangea macrophyla will be in full bloom, so if you would like to enjoy Japanese temples and beautiful flower, Kamakura is the recommended place to visit.

By this article, I hope you to have even a little bit of interest to the beauty of the four seasons of Japan.