A short trip to Ibaraki Prefecture for walking in a Japanese plum garden to view flowers in Kairaku-en, one of the three most famous gardens in Japan.
I visited Tokiwa shrine and walked in the garden, drinking “Hatsu shibori”, a brand of unrefined sake.
[Links]
– Kairakuen garden
https://ibaraki-kairakuen.jp/
– Tokiwa Shrine
https://komonsan.jp/
– The Hatsu shibori provider: Yoshikubo Brewing Co., Ltd.
https://www.ippin.co.jp/