It was another walk through a cherry tree lined trail and round a pond today, but the final destination was up to a beautiful garden on top of a hill. Before we could even start our walk, we already had 3 casualties who decided they didn't need to see any more flowers, but I guess they missed out on the best part at Kairaku-en.
The trek from the hotel and round the lake was alright as we took it quite slowly. However, the uphill slope to the garden was still taxing on the knees, but dad and I still made it. The idea of having hot plum tea and dessert at the top also spurred me on. I was so excited to reach the top, I nearly bought the whole gift shop before we even went into the garden grounds. Good thing Angie told me before I paid for anything.
Upon entering the garden, you could see a whole bunch of naked trees that just started to sprout leaves. Angie told us that it was more a plum plantation, and the plum flowering season just ended. The garden was still lovely even with the bare start. As we got deeper, the plants got greener and there was even really old Cherry trees that were in bloom, and the typical Japanese pines you see in drawings.
As this place is known for it's plum, it's easy to see why they have the large amount of plum products on sale. We tried a few offerings and the plum ice cream is still on my mind. It was creamy, sweet and tart, and the best bits were the bits of plum you could chew on. If only they had take home packs!
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