粉紅派對賞櫻季節到了,不用辛苦上山塞車就能到的賞櫻勝地-新竹公園,晚上打燈展現出夜櫻的含蓄美。"The pink party" is starting blooming everywhere in Taiwan. Hsinchu Park is a nice spots to enjoy this party form day and night.
Spring season is coming, "the pink party" is starting blooming everywhere in Taiwan.
The historical Hsinchu Park is a great spot to enjoy this "pink party" without taking long way up to the hill/mountains. At night, the decoration lights show a different implicit beauty of cherry flowers.
There are many kinds of cherry flowers in this park and more than 800 plants which they all are taking care by volunteers. The main cultivar of cherry flowers planting in Hsinchu Park is Kawazu Sakura which is originally from The Izu Peninsula, Japan, this kind of cherry flowers is suitable to plant in lower altitude. Accordingly, Kawazu Sakura is a cultivar from Prunus lannesiana and Cerasus campanulate (also known as Taiwan cherry.)
In 2003, Japan Cherry Blossom Association gifted about 170 plants of Kawazu Sakura to Tawian, they were cultivated then plant in Hsinchu Park, the 1st one was the on next to the current Glass Museum of Hsinchu City.
Moreover, Mr. TAKAHIRO MATSUMAE, the VP of Japan Cherry Blossom Association at that time, his grandfather was actually the designer of Hsinchu train station in 1913. Hsinchu train station is also the oldest still-running train station in Taiwan.
Hsinchu Park is vast with many attraction spots nearby. Walking from Hsinchu train station is only about 10 mins. It is really recommend to visit here in day and night which both are cozy and chill.