杏の花、満開宣言。我が亀清旅館で。
亀清旅館の客間「千歳」の坪庭にこの杏の木があります。恐らく、唯一杏の木のある著間の客室?!今週は千歳にお泊りになるお客様がこの花を楽しんで頂けます。そして、6月末・7月上旬にお泊りになる方は部屋で杏狩りで出来ます!
森「日本一杏の郷」にも行ってみましたが、標高が若干高いか、向きが北向きの為か、まだ咲き始まったところです。これからは大分温かくなる予報で、どんどんと咲いてくるでしょう。
Apricot blossoms in full bloom -- here at Kamesei Ryokan. Our guest room "Chitose" has an apricot tree in its tsubo-niwa pocket garden -- perhaps the only such ryokan room in all of Japan! Guests staying in this room can enjoy the blossoms all this week, and then guests staying here at the end of June / early July can enjoy picking fresh apricots.
The famous blossoms in nearby Mori, Japan's #1 Apricot Village, have just started blooming. I drove there today and took this picture. But the weather is warming up, so they should be in full bloom in just a matter of days. Will keep you posted!