The long winter is over and the gentle sunshine of spring has arrived.
On the first-floor atrium of Akarenga Terrace, some of the few Yoshino cherry trees in Sapporo were transplanted on Wednesday, April 19, for an event we're calling "Spring, Light, Cherry Blossoms and the Terrace 2017."
Most years, Golden Week is the best time to see the cherry blossoms in Sapporo, but at Akarenga Terrace, the indoor cherry blossoms bloom a little earlier. We have re-created a plain by planting spring flowers and field grasses at the foots of the trees. At night the cherry blossoms become even more radiant when we light them up with LEDs.
The Yoshino cherry trees will be returned to their plantation after their pedals have scattered and we will be reunited with them again next year.
During this season when it is so fun to stroll around the city, why not experience the arrival of spring at Akarenga Terrace?