Tsuruga Castle Park Cherry Blossoms – Fukushima’s Pink Samurai Stronghold

#cherryblossom25 Standing proudly in Aizu-Wakamatsu, this red-roofed castle—one of Japan’s last authentically reconstructed fortresses—becomes a sakura battlefield each April when 1,000+ trees bloom around its stone walls. Unlike Osaka or Nagoya’s concrete reconstructions, Tsuruga’s wooden keep and moats host blossoms that seem to whisper of the Byakkotai’s tragic last stand.