Shukkeien Garden in Spring

 

Shukkeien is the daimyo garden connected to Hiroshima Castle.

Not so long ago I posted a sequence of photos taken in the autumn, and so this time I post on a trip there last Spring.

I have visited Shukkeien quite a few times, and my appreciation of it has grown each time.

It seems to me to be quite an underrated garden....

For details on the garden and its history, I refer you to the earlier post.

In spring, green dominates almost completely....

On this trip I was pleasantly surprised to discover that there is free entry to over 65's...

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