There are 500 cherry trees and 70 different species at Kyoto Botanical Gardens, making it a great choice for enjoying O-hanami in Kyoto. The cherry blossom is wonderful, but there are other spring delights like magnificent tulip beds, daffodils and bluebells under mature trees, and a rhododendron exhibition. Entrance is ¥200 and in spring there is a light up till 9pm.
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Spring at Kyoto Botanical Gardens
Don't miss the tulip beds!
By Cathy Cawood
Community writer
Large weeping cherry blossom tree
Colorful beds of tulips
Listening to "water music" through a bamboo pipe
People picnicking under cherry trees
There was also a rhododendron exhibition
Kyoto Botanical Gardens has a pretty fountain
Path beside azalea bushes just starting to bloom
A green and leafy nest for two picnickers
An artist was sketching the trees
Pink tulips and grape hyacinth
A water wheel powers a small but functioning mill
Seats invite strollers to take a rest
Double cherry blossom
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Muhammad Asyraf Ramadhan
12 years ago
Signs of spring in Kyoto! I don't know if they were also grew Tulips in Kyoto.. lol
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