時空の旅わくわく日記

河津桜（

日、不忍池、東京）

　2月も中旬ともなると、上野公園の桜も、ピンク色に染まってきます。
　上野の山の一番南の端にあるオオシマザクラや山の上のカンザクラも咲いています。
　不忍池の河津桜は満開です。
　小鳥たちも桜の花のつぼみを食べているのか桜の花の周りに集まっています。
　黄緑色をしたメジロがカンザクラや河津桜の枝を渡り歩きながら嘴でピンク色の花をつついています。

　Now you can find signs of spring at Ueno Park.
　Kawazuzakura, kanzakura and ooshimazakura are among the earliest flowering cherry trees to bloom.
　You also enjoy finding small birds such as mejiro or white-eye around cherry blossoms.

​【Bon appétit !】​
　Every year, weather services and the media, including japan-guide.com, closely follow the so called "cherry blossom front" as it slowly moves northward. Note that the front generally indicates the opening of the first blossoms rather than the arrival of full bloom.
　A representative sample tree is selected to define the date of the opening of the first blossoms for a whole city. In Tokyo, the sample tree is located at Yasukuni Shrine.
（https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2011_when.html）