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Osaka Castle Park, Osaka, Japan.

 

Osaka Castle Park features Osaka Castle, Nishinomaru Garden, Plum Grove and Osaka Castle Hall. Osaka Castle Park is very popular recreation place for the people of Osaka.

Osaka Castle Park was opened in 1931 to coincide with the reconstruction of the Osaka Castle tower. Osaka Castle Park, located in Chuo-ku Osaka, covers an area of 106.7 hectare. The Nishinomaru Garden features around 600 cherry trees, including someiyoshino (the most popular variety of sakura (cherry blossom) in Japan) and around 95 kinds of Japanese apricot flowers. In total 1250 trees bloom in the Ume Grove, and in Omoide-no-mori (Grove of Remembrance).

 

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Uploaded on May 16, 2015
Taken on April 4, 2015