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Matthew Haswell | profile | all galleries >> Japan 日本 >> Chūbu 中部 >> Okazaki 岡崎 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

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Okazaki 岡崎

Birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu, home of the rich hatchō miso paste, and one of the most important cities in Aichi-ken's Mikawa area. Okazaki is regionally famed for its summer fireworks festival and springtime cherry blossoms, the latter being what brought me to visit in April 2008.
Beside the Oto-gawa
Beside the Oto-gawa		 Hanami lanterns and sakura trees
Hanami lanterns and sakura trees		 Cherry blossoms along the riverbank
Cherry blossoms along the riverbank		 Donjon of Okazaki-jō above the riverbank
Donjon of Okazaki-jō above the riverbank
On the banks of the Oto-gawa
On the banks of the Oto-gawa		 Crossing to the hanami festivity
Crossing to the hanami festivity		 Oto-gawa and riverside hotels
Oto-gawa and riverside hotels		 Hanami yatai on the north bank
Hanami yatai on the north bank
Path up to Okazaki-kōen
Path up to Okazaki-kōen		 Walking beneath the sakura
Walking beneath the sakura		 Path down through the cherry blossom trees
Path down through the cherry blossom trees		 Lantern and sakura trees
Lantern and sakura trees
Shinkyō-bashi over the old castle moat
Shinkyō-bashi over the old castle moat		 Sakura detail in Okazaki-kōen
Sakura detail in Okazaki-kōen		 Tripod-wielding photographer on the bridge
Tripod-wielding photographer on the bridge		 Old man walking over the Shinkyō-bashi
Old man walking over the Shinkyō-bashi
Fountain in the inner moat
Fountain in the inner moat		 Okazaki-jō and from the shrine's outer grounds
Okazaki-jō and from the shrine's outer grounds		 Okazaki-jō and sakura
Okazaki-jō and sakura		 Main courtyard of Tatsuki-jinja
Main courtyard of Tatsuki-jinja
Okazaki-jō's reconstructed donjon
Okazaki-jō's reconstructed donjon		 Skyline of Okazaki from the castle
Skyline of Okazaki from the castle		 Out on the donjon balcony
Out on the donjon balcony		 Passing Meitetsu train and sakura
Passing Meitetsu train and sakura
Monument to Will of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Monument to Will of Tokugawa Ieyasu		 Sakura overhanging the Iga-gawa canal
Sakura overhanging the Iga-gawa canal		 Hatchō-miso kura near Naka-Okazaki station
Hatchō-miso kura near Naka-Okazaki station		 Restored machiya off Hatchōkura-dōri
Restored machiya off Hatchōkura-dōri

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