BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Get Hiroshima - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Get Hiroshima X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gethiroshima.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Get Hiroshima REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST DTSTART:20170101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170408 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170411 DTSTAMP:20240329T022329 CREATED:20170406T082639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170406T095144Z UID:24379-1491631200-1491803999@gethiroshima.com SUMMARY:Hanamono Peach Blossom Festival DESCRIPTION:This is liveliest event of the year in Kaizumi [川角]\, nicknamed the “Closest Village to Heaven” for its high elevation and its elderly population\, is when people from all over the region tackle to the narrow winding roads up through steeply stacked rice terraces to see the 2000 or so peach trees in bloom. \nThe blossoms can viewed at any time while in bloom (and photographers may want to avoid the crowds)\, but there is a great atmosphere during the festival with food stalls\, chindon-ya marching bands parading among the trees and other local entertainments. \nNotice\n2017’s unusual weather means that the hanamono blossoms are little behind schedule and it is unlikely that they will be at full bloom by April 8. Keep an eye on their progress on this page. \nHere is a photo they posted of some of the blossoms on April 5\, 2017 \n \n \nIt can be tricky to get to Kaizumi and easy to miss the turn. Keep a look out for signs to the Kandani inada rice terraces [神谷棚田] and for Tengoku ni ichiban chikai sato [天国に一番近い里] which is the Japanese for”The closest village to heaven” and the upright green flags you can see below. If you can get to Hasumi Resort Center [はすみリゾートセンター] near Kuchiba Station shuttle buses will be running from there from 9am. The adventurous might like to take the Sanko-sen train line from Miyoshi at 10:02 and get off at Kuchiba and take the shuttle bus (be sure to check your return options though – train schedules are here). \n \nFestival Pamphlets in English \n  URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/hanamono-peach-blossom-festival/ LOCATION:Kaizumi Village\, Kaizumi\, Kuchiba\, Ohnan-cho\, Oochi-gen\, Shimane-ken\, 696-0602\, Japan CATEGORIES:Family,Flowers and nature,Food and drink,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://gethiroshima.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Hanamomo-peach-blossom-festival-in-Kaizumi-Ohnan.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR