2020.04.07
At Hotel New Otani Osaka, a 4m-long cherry tree “Sakura Sekiyama” is displayed in the lobby. The lobby will be decorated in spring with a large and beautiful figure of cherry blossoms, so that everyone in Osaka and Japan can be in good health.
Osaka Castle Park, which is said to be one of the most beautiful cherry blossom viewing spots in the Kansai region, has about 3,000 different kinds of cherry blossoms, and every spring it is full of tourists from all over the world. In particular, “Nishinomaru Garden”, which boasts about 300 cherry blossoms centering on Yoshino cherry tree, is planted with “standard cherry blossom trees” from Osaka Prefecture. In addition, late blooming double cherry blossoms can be seen at Tamatsukuchi, making it the best spot to enjoy cherry blossom viewing until late spring.
Even at Hotel New Otani Osaka, which is located next to Osaka Castle Park, cherry blossom trees have appeared in the lobby to cheer up the depressed Osaka and Japanese people.
As soon as you enter the front entrance, you will be greeted by a cherry blossom. There are various theories on the origin of the name, but it is said that it is attributed to the fact that Emperor Mizuo returned the wheel to the beauty of the flowers and saw that a single tree had a single flower and a double flower. It is said that the location of single and double blooms changes every year, and is also called double single. It is a large flower with a beautiful pale purple color.
Sakura and Sekiyama stand out in the center of the lobby. From the Yamato Imperial Court, which began in the Nara period, when centralization in the Heian, Kamakura, and Muromachi periods began, various types of cherry blossoms gathered together with tribute to various parts of Japan, and a crossbreed of Sekiyama was born. It is characterized by a vigor that is stronger than any Yae Sakura, and the number of petals is more than 50. By the end of March, you will surely see a beautiful figure in full bloom.
Please enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms in the hotel lobby this year.
Sakura takeaway sweets are recommended to accompany the cherry blossom viewing in Osaka. The hotel’s pastry shop “Patisserie SATSUKI” sells “Shin-Sakura Macaron”, a spring sweet that feels like “wa”. Sakura Macaron, which has a perfect balance of sweetness and salty taste, with salty cherry added to flavorful Koshian with cherry liqueur, and sake lees Macaron using Aoki Sake Brewery Tsurusei from Niigata Prefecture , And a spring-like macaroon with seven variations, including pistachios and ruby chocolate. It’s perfect for your spring treats with your rewards and daily gratitude.
Hotel New Otani Osaka
Bread & cake “patisserie SATSUKI”
“Shinzakura Macaron”
| period: | -Mid April 2020 |
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| Open hour: | 10:00～20:00 |
| Price: | 2,000yen *Excluding tax |
| Location: | Hotel New Otani Osaka @ Bread & Cake “Patisserie SATSUKI” (1st floor) 1-4-1 Shiro, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi |
| reservation Contact: |
Tel. 06-6949-3298（Patisserie SASTUKI direct） |
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