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Yukizuri at Kenrokuen Garden : November |
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| Snow that falls in the winter of Kanazawa
is heavy in weight because the snow
contains a large quantity of moisture.
In order to prevent the branches of
the trees in Kenrokuen Garden from breaking,
yukizuri (literary means snow hanging)
is performed. This is a method of protecting
the branches with ropes attached in
a conical array to the trees. Skillful
gardeners use more than 800 ropes to
give yukizuri to the Karasaki pine
in Kenrokuen Garden, which is famous
for the great shape of its branches.
Yukizuri is a true symbol that tells
the coming of winter to Kanazawa. The
first snow of the season falls in Kanazawa
between late in November and early in
December. Kanazawa becomes a snow-covered
town from January to February. |
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Autumn
Leaves : Late in October to Middle of
November |
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| The red coloring of tree leaves start
in Kanazawa late in October. Kenrokuen
Garden is lit up in mid-November, when
the autumn leaves in Kenrokuen Garden
become most beautiful. The red and yellow
branches and leaves together with yukitsuri
ropes lit up in the dark create a fantastic
atmosphere. Besides, the Old Site of
Mr. Kurando Terashima's House, Mt. Utatsu,
and the Daijoji Temple (a Zen sect temple
located in the suburbs of Kanazawa)
are known as famous places of autumn
leaves. |
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