Fukui's winter is long and cold. People here have to wait patiently for spring to come. I have waited, waited, waited for three long months. But still spring hasn't come. On one rare sunny day in early March I couldn't wait any longer, jumped out of my home into my car and drove to Fukui City Central Park, as one of my friends told me plum blossoms here were already blooming. YES! They were blooming! But it appeared that I came too early. It was still cold and two thirds of them were still waiting in a state of tight buds to bloom someday... Still, it was the first time for me to see plum blossoms in Fukui this year, and despite the cold they made me very happy! Spring is coming to Fukui finally!
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Plum Blossoms at Fukui Central Park
Pretty pink flowers heralding spring on a cold day!
![Takako Sakamoto Takako Sakamoto](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/u/1358/240x240!/565e87d167ba810c868b66e3.jpg)
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![Modest beauty!](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109597/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109597.jpg)
Modest beauty!
![Deep pink plum blossoms starting to bloom at Fukui City Central Park under the blue sky](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109589/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109589.jpg)
Deep pink plum blossoms starting to bloom at Fukui City Central Park under the blue sky
![Alone in a cold wind](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109587/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109587.jpg)
Alone in a cold wind
![The plum grove at Fukui City Central Park is still awaiting spring's arrival in early March](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109585/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109585.jpg)
The plum grove at Fukui City Central Park is still awaiting spring's arrival in early March
![In a sunny area of the park some plum trees are already blooming!](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109586/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109586.jpg)
In a sunny area of the park some plum trees are already blooming!
![Delicate and elegant](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109588/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109588.jpg)
Delicate and elegant
![Pink blossoms reaching for sunshine](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109590/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109590.jpg)
Pink blossoms reaching for sunshine
![Hotel Fujita Fukui towering over Fukui City Central Park. The Emperor and Empress stayed in this hotel when they visited Fukui.](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109594/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109594.jpg)
Hotel Fujita Fukui towering over Fukui City Central Park. The Emperor and Empress stayed in this hotel when they visited Fukui.
![Under the bright sun](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109591/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109591.jpg)
Under the bright sun
![Somewhat yellowish weeping willow tree in the park](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109592/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109592.jpg)
Somewhat yellowish weeping willow tree in the park
![Small plum buds waiting to bloom](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109593/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109593.jpg)
Small plum buds waiting to bloom
![Close-up look at the pink blossom](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109595/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109595.jpg)
Close-up look at the pink blossom
![Dignified in a strong wind](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109596/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109596.jpg)
Dignified in a strong wind
![Waiting to bloom in the dark](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109598/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109598.jpg)
Waiting to bloom in the dark
![All the sweet promise of spring in one tiny bloom](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/19176-109599/1000/fukui-plum-blossoms-at-fukui-central-park-109599.jpg)
All the sweet promise of spring in one tiny bloom
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