Yutaka Park ~ Approximately 30 minutes by car from our hotel ~

I drove to Yutaka Park (Nagahama)!!

Nagahama Castle was abandoned in the early Edo period.

Photographed around 14:00 on Friday, March 22, 2024

It was built on the ruins of the castle in 1902, and was named ``Toyo Park'' after Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the lord of Nagahama Castle.

The park includes the Nagahama Castle History Museum, a Western-style garden with music, a fountain, a children's park, and tennis courts.

From late March to early April, around 150 red and white plum trees are planted on the north side of Yutaka Park Fountain Square. When it blooms, a faint plum scent wafts through the area.