Yoshino cherry tree in Hirosaki Park reached full bloom on April 20th.

This year's Yoshino cherry blossoms bloom 9 days earlier than normal, the second earliest on record. Hirosaki City Urban Development Department Park Green Space Division has announced the flowering situation of four places in the park, the outer moat and the west bank of Nishibori are in full bloom on the 18th, and the standard tree in the northern part near the main enclosure is in full bloom on the 19th, 20 On the day, it was announced that the cherry blossom tunnel was in full bloom.

The "Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival" will be held from the 17th as a "quasi-Sakura Festival" one week ahead of schedule to coincide with the early blooming. It rained lightly on the first day, and the weather was recovering from the 18th, but the maximum wind speed was 8.3 meters per second, and the 19th was also the highest average wind speed of the year.

Junichi Nagao, a weather forecaster for the local community FM station "Apple Wave," said, "Chills still remain in the sky, and when it clears up, the warm ground air rises, creating convection that tries to replace the cold air, and the wind becomes stronger. The outer moat will start to fall from today. "

The Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival is from April 23rd to May 5th.