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- Season 8 2017-01-31
- Season 9 2018-01-09
- Season 10 2019-01-08
- Season 11 2020-01-14
- Season 12 2021-01-05
- Season 13 2022-01-18
- Season 14 2023-01-03
- Season 15 2024-01-16
Season 15 Episode
- Season 6 Winter Wonderland: Hakodate
- Season 6 Naruko Onsen: The Home of Kokeshi Dolls
- Season 6 Iwate: Savoring Winter
- Season 6 Blues City Osaka
- Season 6 Sanriku: Returning the Emotion
- Season 6 Majestic Yakushima in Winter
- Season 6 Kumamoto: Children, Dolls and Celebrating Spring
- Season 6 Otaru: Canal Town with Northern Lights
- Season 6 Mito: Gardens, Tradition and Spring Blossoms
- Season 6 Lake Biwa: In Praise of Water
- Season 6 Pure Himeji Beautiful Castle City, Craftsman Culture
- Season 6 Awaji Island: Keeping Traditions Alive
- Season 6 Shonan: Living the Slow Life on the Coast
- Season 6 Sado Island: Behind the Mask Dance
- Season 6 Mt. Hotaka: Climbing to the Roof of Japan
- Season 6 Hokkaido: The Sacred Sounds of the Ainu
- Season 6 Morioka: Celebrating a Culture of People and Horses
- Season 6 Izu & Odawara : The Senses of Summer
- Season 6 Shakotan Blue: The Ocean's Beauty and Bounty
- Season 6 Biei, Hokkaido: Layers of Beauty in the Patchwork Hills
- Season 6 The Sacred Kumano Kodo: Kii Peninsula
- Season 6 Kikaijima: Life on a Coral Island
- Season 6 Bullfighting in Uwajima: Passion and Tradition
- Season 6 The Thrilling Nebuta Festival
- Season 6 Savoring Rural Pleasures: Daigo, Ibaraki
- Season 6 Kameyama, Mie: Living in the Present, Preserving the Past
- Season 6 Iiyama: The Landscape of the Heart
- Season 6 Kingdom of Apples: Tsugaru, Aomori
- Season 6 Mt. Tsurugi: Attacking the Palace of Crags
- Season 6 Adventures In WonderLand: Iya, Tokushima
- Season 6 Takayama & Furukawa: Treasuring Traditions
- Season 6 Artisans and Beauty: Koshu, Yamanashi
- Season 6 Nara & Yagyu: On the Road to the Sword of Peace
- Season 6 Ishigaki: Diving in the Sea of Coral
- Season 6 Akita Autumn Feast
Journeys in Japan - Season 6 Episode 9 Mito: Gardens, Tradition and Spring Blossoms
9.00 28 minutes Throughout Japan, the blossoms of the ume plum trees signal the end of winter and herald the beginning of spring. The Kairakuen Garden in Mito, long considered one of the Japan's three greatest gardens, is famous for its many ume trees — about 3,000 in all, of 100 different varieties. The garden was laid out in 1842 by Tokugawa Nariaki, the head of the Mito Clan. A dark forest road leads to spacious groves of ume trees: this contrast reflects the traditional concepts of yin and yang. The Mito Lord was particularly fond of ume blossoms, as they withstand the cold of mid-winter and act as a harbinger of spring. The Hitachi Seaside Park, not far from Mito, is another place that is famous for its flowers. Here you can find many different kinds of plants in bloom, year-round.
