At the foot of Mt. Fuji, tourist facilities in Fujikawaguchiko Town have about 800 thousands of Shibasakura, such as pink and white planted on the site of 2.4 hectares, and every year this year "Fuji The Shiba Sakura Festival "is held.

Although it was cloudy in the morning on the 2nd, tourists and photo enthusiasts from home and abroad visited and watched the scenery with colorful carpet spreading, taking pictures with Mt. Fuji and Shibazakura in the background I was doing.

According to the secretariat of "Festival", this year the flower bloomed in late March, about a week earlier than the usual year, but then the flowering, due to the continuation of rain and the day when temperature did not rise The situation is on average for the year, and now it means that about 70% of the total is blooming. It is expected to be in full bloom this weekend, and the best time to see it will last until the middle of this month.

A woman in his thirties who visited from Mie prefecture in his 30s said, "It is very beautiful, I thought that there is only here for Shibazakura to be seen with Mt. Fuji back."

"Fuji Shiba Sakura Festival" is held at "Fuji Motosu Lake Resort" in Fujikawaguchiko Town until 27th of this month.