Plum Blossoms at Yushima-Tenjin Shrine

Yushima-Tenjin Shrine is well known for a viewing place of plum blossom in Tokyo.

This is the guardian dog of the Shrine, the relief of the base it stands is carved with plum tree motif.

Also, Yushima-Tenjin Shrine is very famos for "shrine of learning" since Sugawara Michizane, a god of scholarship, is enshrined.

These days, a lot of students and their family visit the Shrine to pray for passing the entrance examimation.
They write their wishes on an ema, a small wooden tablet, and hang it so that their prayer is heard.

Usually the beggining of March is the best season for plum blossoms but this year about half of them are in bloom now, because of the low temperature weather continued in Tokyo these days.
That means we can enjoy the plum season longer than usual !

There are many colors fo plum in the garden, such as white, pink and ruby.

It is said that Sugawara Michizane, he is a actual nobility of Heian period, loved plum blossoms.

Yushima-Tenjin Shrine is around 20min walk from Hotel Niwa Tokyo.

We definitely recommend to go for a walk on a warm season !