河津桜まつり Stunning Scenery of kawazu Sakura Cherry Blossoms in Japan 伊豆半島 春の風景

河津桜まつり Stunning Scenery of kawazu Sakura Cherry Blossoms in Japan 伊豆半島 春の風景

毎年2月上旬に薄紅色の美しい花を咲かせる早咲き品種の桜である河津桜(かわづさくら)が生まれた地、静岡県賀茂郡河津町の河津桜まつり2022を観賞してきました。日本で一足早い春の訪れを感じさせる風景がとても美しかったです。
Every year from the beginning of February, we watched the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival 2022 in Kawazu Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture, where the early-blooming variety Kawazu Cherry Blossom, which blooms beautiful light red flowers, was born.
The warm cheerfulness and scenery that made us feel the arrival of spring in Japan was very beautiful.

河津桜は、オオシマザクラとカンヒザクラが自然交雑をした事によって生まれた品種の桜で、寒緋桜由来の薄紅色の花弁とオオシマザクラ由来の大輪の華を咲かせるのが特徴的です。
1950年台に静岡県賀茂郡河津町を流れる河津川沿いに生えていた1mほどの桜の木を町内に住む飯田氏が持ち帰って庭に植えた所、1966年から花を咲かせるようになりました。
この桜の木はその後の学術調査で、今まで存在していなかった品種である事が判明し、1974年に「河津桜(かわづさくら)」と命名して、翌年には河津町の木に指定。
町民有志が河津川河口から４km区間の堤防上に約850本の河津桜を植樹したのが、早咲き桜の名所として親しまれるようになった始まりであるとされています。
開花を始める時期から散り始めの期間は河津桜まつりも開催し、河津川沿いに咲く薄紅色やピンク色の花が咲く風景を観賞できる他、夜には一部区間で幻想的な夜桜ライトアップも行われます。
2022年は開花時期が遅れて、河津桜まつりが１週間延長となり、イベントの終わり頃に満開となっていましたが、一足早い春の訪れを満喫できた一日となりました。

Every year in early February, I have been watching the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival 2022 in Kawazu Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, where Kawazu Cherry Blossom, an early-blooming variety of cherry blossoms that blooms beautiful light red flowers, was born.
Kawazu cherry blossoms are a variety of cherry blossoms that are a natural cross between Oshima Zakura(Oshima Cherry Blossoms) and Kanhi Zakura(Kanhi Cherry blossoms), and are characterized by the light red petals derived from Kanhi zakura and the large flowers derived from Oshima zakura.
Mr. Iida, who lives in the town, brought back a 1m cherry tree that grew along the Kawazu River in Kawazu Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture, and planted it in the garden. Since 1966, it has begun to bloom.
Subsequent academic research revealed that this cherry tree was a variety that did not exist until now, and in 1974 it was named Kawazu Sakura, and the following year it was designated as a tree in Kawazu Town.
It is said that the fact that volunteers of the townspeople planted about 850 Kawazu cherry trees on the embankment of the 4km section from the mouth of the Kawazu River became popular as a famous place for early blooming cherry blossoms.
The Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival will also be held during the period from the beginning of flowering to the beginning of scattering.
At this event, you can admire the scenery of pink flowers blooming along the Kawazu River, and at night, there will be a fantastic night cherry blossom light up in some sections.
In 2022, the flowering time was delayed, and the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival was extended by one week, and it was in full bloom at the end of the event, but it was a day when we could enjoy the arrival of spring a little earlier.

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