Underneath 🤩the canopy 🌺of Pink Petals🌸🇯🇵

#cherryblossom2024 🌸 A truly beautiful castle with intact interior. Easy day trip from Kyoto or Osaka by JR line. 🌸 Castle is visible from the train station and a straight 10-15 min walk up to the park grounds. 🌸 Beautiful Sakura everywhere (peak bloom time) made the castle even more beautiful. Admission was 1000 yen for adult and 300 for student. 🌸West garden inside offered great views of the castle with cherry blossoms all around. Need to remove shoes to visit interior areas so be sure to wear good socks (they provided plastic bags to carry shoes). 🌸West turrets and hallway worth visiting with stories of princess. Main castle was a short climb up but got very crowded mid day. Still an amazing experience! Would allocate a few hours to truly explore this amazing castle.🏰 💎