The "heart-shaped" cherry tree branches are still popular this year in Hirosaki Park (Shimohiragincho, Hirosaki City).

There is a place where two cherry tree branches are combined in the shape of a heart in the sky. The number of people who visit the Hirosaki Sakura Festival, which started on April 22nd, to find the place and take pictures is increasing day and night.

According to Yuji Ebina of the park's greenery section, it was triggered by a tree doctor's accidental finding in an initiative started in the summer of 2015. As a hidden spot, we are currently arranging the shape and lighting up. "The garden was in full bloom today, but the area around the heart tree is now in about six minutes. The best time to see it is now, so please look for a place and have fun," he says with a smile.

A woman in her 20s living in the city who had a smartphone on the branch of the heart said, "I came with my mother last year, but this year with my boyfriend. The shape of the heart looks better when I take a picture than I actually see." speak. Even on the Internet, there were voices such as "I finally knew the position of the heart", "Where does it look like a heart?"