{"id":5245,"date":"2019-05-05T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/?p=5245"},"modified":"2019-05-05T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T04:11:25","slug":"the-coming-best-season-wild-mountain-azaleas-in-mt-tokusenjo-kesennuma-lets-go-journey-to-tohoku-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/the-coming-best-season-wild-mountain-azaleas-in-mt-tokusenjo-kesennuma-lets-go-journey-to-tohoku-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"The coming best season wild mountain azaleas in Mt. Tokusenjo, Kesennuma. Let&#8217;s go journey to Tohoku, Japan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5246 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_3345-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_3345-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_3345-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_3345.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Mt. Tokusenjo is a 711-meter-tall mountain in southern Kesennuma, home to over 500,000 azalea bushes.\u00a0The hike up the mountain is an easy 2.5-hour round trip along a trail lined with radiant wild mountain azaleas (yamatsutsuji).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-e\u0301\u252ce\u0301\u252ce\u0301\u2562e\u0300Xo\u0302\u2563A\u030a\u03c020160523-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"189\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every spring from mid- to late May, the flowers bloom to paint the whole mountain in vivid reds and magentas\u2014a truly a breathtaking sight to behold. Come spring, details about the status of the blooms is updated\u00a0online daily.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5252 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/No.000_Tom_s-house_00709-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"193\" \/>In addition to being a favorite of flower lovers, Mt. Tokusenjo is also home to the first two treehouses built by the\u00a0Tohoku Treehouse Tourism Association, an organization dedicated to working with local people to build one hundred different treehouses all over Tohoku. Tom\u2019s House (treehouse #000) and Dekita House (treehouse #001) are free to explore, and either one of them would make a nice spot for a picnic lunch.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One night two-day tours with the guide will be held on 18th-19th May.<br \/>\n<strong>\u25ceParticipation fee: 11,980 yen \/pax,<br \/>\nincluding accommodation, activities, Lunch(1time), Breakfast and Dinner (1time).<br \/>\n\u25ceapplication deadline: Wed. 15th May 2019<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nYou will enjoy magnificent seascapes, Trail and Trekking Tour on Karakuwa peninsula &amp; Japan&#8217;s largest azalea famous spot on Mt.Tokusenjo. Click here for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kesennuma-kanko.jp\/trekking-tour\/?fbclid=IwAR3g8n3T41m_qDGRaOkOizGClL84FHACFJvNPG2f_ZZeXeAb9LwzszDuBgg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Tour information (Japanese)<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><em><strong>Click here for more tourist information in English:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kesennuma.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kesennuma.jp\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nishant.jp.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nishant.jp.net\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Movie about\u00a0Trail and Trekking Tour on Karakuwa peninsula (Japanese) :<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ulxbhooFUY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3106.976503273854!2d141.46814071495095!3d38.85589485699531!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x5f88ebe8cb3955f1%3A0xf6fb45bd99087a4e!2z5b6z5LuZ5LiI55m75bGx5Y-j!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sjp!4v1557027443213!5m2!1sja!2sjp\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mt. Tokusenjo is a 711-meter-tall mountain in southern Kesennuma, home to over 500,000 azalea bushes.\u00a0The hike up the mountain is an easy 2.5-hour round trip along a trail lined with radiant wild mountain azaleas (yamatsutsuji). &nbsp; &nbsp; Every spring from mid- to late May, the flowers bloom to paint the whole mountain in vivid reds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75,65,142,146,220,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-feature","category-international","category-japan","category-sports","category-travelling","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}