In Osaka during the Meiji Period, there was a state-run company called Mint. It is a company established for the production of coins and coins in Japan, and the building where the company is located also serves as a museum and can be visited free of charge. The fact that the building has a park of sakura trees in its garden is another reason to visit, of course, if you are in Japan during the sakura time, because this passage is open to the public once a year for a week in mid-April every year. We wanted to be there by not ignoring this chance while we were ready to coincide with the date, and in this article, I wanted to prepare briefly about it.
Street Market and Sakuras in Osaka
We were in Japan again after a two-year hiatus, and on the first day we agreed to spend time with my wife's friends and have dinner. First of all, after arriving in Osaka from Kyoto and meeting with friends, you get to the area where the Mint building is, when you exit the Temmabashi subway stop and walk over the bridge for 10 minutes to the right. Only from the moment we got out of the subway, we found ourselves among a large crowd, many people were on the move in the same direction to see the sakura. At the same time, there were officers trying to direct the crowd with megaphones and lights. The view from Temmabashi bridge in the evening looked amazing, see cover image. Before arriving at the Mint building, there was an open market set up in the riverside walking area.
There were many street foodies and peddlers next to people eating at tables set up under sakura trees on the grass, and people having picnics, or what they call 'ohanami'. The wooden signs in front of the sakura trees also had information about the species, but only in Japanese.
After entering the sakura passage inside the Mint building, you find yourself among the sakura trees. It contains more than 300 sakura trees and there are over 100 different types of sakura. There are signs in front of the trees giving information about their sakura, but only in Japanese. There were also Japanese who were trying to take close-up pictures of sakura under every tree 🙂
