On April 27, at Hirosaki Park, "Hanaikada," with scattered cherry blossom petals floating on the water, was in full bloom.

The flower raft in the garden attracts much attention as cherry blossom petals float on the surface of the moat and are called "carpet of cherry blossoms" or "pink soup". The situation may change depending on the weather conditions, how the cherry blossoms are blooming, how they are scattered, etc.

This year, flower rafts gathered in the upstream part of the moat due to the wind, but many flower spectators pointed their cameras at the appearance of ducks swimming lovely in the cherry blossoms floating on the water.

Junichi Nagao, a weather forecaster for the local community FM station "Apple Wave," said, "Tomorrow will be raining from about noon. It will be easy to get off until the day after tomorrow, so this year's flower raft will be closed."