Weeping Cherry Trees at Hotel Okura Kyoto

　Hotel Okura Kyoto, situated next to Kyoto City Hall, boasts excellent access with a direct connection to the underground. I frequently visit this hotel myself, whether to meet clients or to visit ‘Panetteria Okura’, the bakery on the second basement floor serving freshly baked bread.

　There are weeping cherry trees on the hotel grounds, and they have begun to bloom slightly earlier than the Somei-Yoshino cherry trees in the surrounding area.

　Meanwhile, the weeping cherry trees in the Kyoto Imperial Palace Garden and at Rokkaku-do Temple are now in full bloom. Even though they are all weeping cherry trees, there is quite a difference in their flowering times.