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Matsumae Castle

Cherry Blossoms & the Frontier of Ezo

Donny Kimball
11 min readApr 22, 2023

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Found in Matsumae gun, Matsumae Castle is enveloped by cherry trees. Inside, you’ll find artifacts from the Matsumae clan as well as reference library with all sorts of historical documents from the age of the samurai.

Lately, the many spots for cherry blossoms in northern Japan’s Tohoku region have been getting more and more attention. Perhaps partially due to my incessant promotion of places like the ever-amazing Hirosaki Park, I am now seeing a lot more foreign faces joining in the cherry blossom hunt up north…

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Donny Kimball

I'm a travel writer and freelance digital marketer who blogs about the sides of Japan that you can't find in the mainstream media. https://donnykimball.com/