🌸✨ Encounter the Anime-like Cherry Blossoms at Takato Castle Ruins ✨🌸

#cherryblossom25 If you're tired of the overabundance of Yoshino cherries everywhere, then experience a different kind of cherry blossom! 📍Located at Takato Castle Ruins Park in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture, the star here is the Takato Shōbiran Cherry 🌸 It’s a variety unique to Ina City, and unlike the common Yoshino cherry, ✔️ The flowers are smaller ✔️ The petals are more pink ✔️ From a distance, it’s not a sea of white, but a soft pale pink hue, especially in the evening when the sunset casts a dreamy filter, resembling the cherry blossoms from anime 💗🌅 What’s interesting is that its light pink tone is not as deep as the Kawazu cherry, nor as white as the Yoshino cherry—it’s the perfect balance, refreshing yet not overwhelming. 🎌 Although it’s not as well-known internationally, in Japan, it’s the second largest cherry blossom viewing spot after Hirosaki Park in Aomori! 📸 If you want to collect the dreamiest page of your cherry blossom photo book, Takato Castle Ruins is definitely worth a visit 💖 #travel