Equally by chance as going during golden week, our trip fell into the cherry blossom season. However, only in the north the trees were still blossoming. And the one place that had english information about a cherry blossom festival online was Hirosaki. So this is where we went.
Hotels in Hirosaki were fully booked, so I checked nearby cities and we ended up in Hachinohe. There seemed to be Japanese people only and so we got the chance to have a typical Japanese breakfast – including fermented soy beans. I did try them but they’re not my favourite. The rice with sauce was better 😉
After breakfast, we took the train to Hirosaki, got rid of our backpacks and took the bus to the park where the festival took place.
We were prepared and had brought some food from the supermarket for our picknick under the cherry trees.
Cherry blossoms, picnic and a castle in northern Japan 🙂
