It looks like the “11th Ashiya Ume Festival” will be held at Ashiya Central Park in Wakabacho, along the Rinko Line, on Sunday, March 5, from 10:00 to 16:00.
↑ Poster for the Ashiya Ume Festival
There won’t be any amazake served this year, but they’ll be handing out tea sweets and ume-kobucha plum kelp tea for 1,999 people.
There will also be lucky bags, umeboshi pickled plums, ume-kobucha, handmade goods, a flea market, and percussion performances!
↑ Entrance to the “Bairin Road” plum grove path at Ashiya Central Park
↑ The entrance on the other side of “Bairin Road.” As of February 12, many of the plum blossoms were still in bud.
↑ Information board for “Bairin Road.” Apparently, more than 50 years have passed since the park opened, and various types of plum trees have been planted there over the years.
↑ Some of the plum blossoms in the park were already blooming! Hopefully lots of them will be in full bloom by the time of the Ume Festival.
Here’s the map for Ashiya Central Park↓
The address is 1-1 Wakabacho, Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
