Isehara Flower Report — January 31, 2025
The days are still bitterly cold. With the Setsubun Festival on Sunday, February 2, weather is on everyone’s mind, so dress warmly when you go out.
Walking along the Oyama koma approach, you’ll be soothed by the sweet scent of the yellow, delicate flowers of robai (wintersweet).
Plum blossoms are beginning to open here and there. Many buds remain, but it’s exciting to watch the blooms progress from now on!

*Utage Bunko* (Kamikasuya 862-1)
The robai beside the torii in the parking area is still beautiful.
Most plum trees in the grove are still in bud, but you can see a patch of rapeseed flowers blooming toward the back.

*Maruyama Castle Ruins Park* (Shimokasuya 2168-2)
The robai at the park entrance is in bloom.
The plum trees beyond the stairs are developing many buds; the white plums have not opened yet, but red plums are starting to bloom.

*Isehara City General Sports Park* (Nishitomioka 320)
The plum trees between the cherry- and ginkgo-lined slope up to the entrance are beginning to show buds.

*Hinata Yakushi Plum Grove* (Hinata 1644)
The plum grove behind Hinata Yakushi is just starting to form buds.