The wisteria blossoms are at their peak right now in Kawachi Fuji Gardens. For those who journey to Kitakyushu, Japan, the reward is walking under an enormous canopy of purple, pink, and white wisteria flowers. The wisteria blooms often overlap with Golden Week—the span from April 29 to May 5, when four major holidays in Japan occur. The week begins with Shōwa Day, a celebration for Emperor Hirohito, and ends with Children’s Day. Many workers take the week off and travel while enjoying the spring weather. If you miss out on the wisteria hubbub, come to Kawachi Fuji Gardens in autumn, when the leaves turn and the park hosts a maple-leaf festival.
Purple flowers and Golden Week
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Where fire meets water
-
Space-age style by the sea
-
Saskatchewan s spookier side
-
Fall for birding
-
Winterpret on ice
-
Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
-
Pumpkin patch
-
Moai statues on Easter Island, Chile
-
Hezké svátky
-
Homeward bound
-
Composite image of a lunar eclipse
-
Beaver achievers
-
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
-
Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
-
Giving Tuesday
-
Saint Andrews Day
-
Celebrating the Day of the Dead
-
Dragon dance performed in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
-
Atolls in the Maldives
-
Kluane National Park
-
Aurora borealis
-
Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
-
The roots of invention
-
Instant romance
-
Roman bridge of Córdoba, Spain
-
The Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland
-
Winter in Old Nuuk
-
On this shore, history was made
-
Birds of a feather
-
Earth Day and National Park Week