{"id":246,"date":"2013-04-01T13:28:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T04:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2013-04-01T13:28:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T04:28:19","slug":"not-quite-spring-but-almost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"Not Quite Spring&#8230; but Almost!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a beautiful day today as we go into April here at the Itoigawa Global Geopark! It&#8217;s not quite cherry blossom season yet, but this morning I spotted one early bloomer in front of Itoigawa City Hall:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_247\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/?attachment_id=247\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-247\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247\" data-attachment-id=\"247\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/?attachment_id=247\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Early-Sakura.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SC-06D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Early Sakura\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A few cherry trees bloom early in the park in front of Itoigawa City Hall. Within the next few weeks, the park should be bright pink and white with hundreds of blossoms.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cherry blossoms in front of Itoigawa City Hall&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Early-Sakura.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Early-Sakura.jpg?fit=695%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-247\" alt=\"Early Sakura\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Early-Sakura-1024x768.jpg?resize=695%2C521\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Early-Sakura.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Early-Sakura.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Early-Sakura.jpg?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Early-Sakura.jpg?w=2085&amp;ssl=1 2085w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cherry blossoms in front of Itoigawa City Hall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Only a few trees have bloomed and, even then, they aren&#8217;t even close to full bloom, but it&#8217;s a beautiful sample of the show to come!<\/p>\n<p>Keep posted for more images of the spectacular sights of Itoigawa and the Itoigawa Global Geopark!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Ishikoro<\/p>\n<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>        <div class=\"wsbl_facebook_like\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/?p=246\" layout=\"button_count\" action=\"like\" width=\"100\" share=\"false\" show_faces=\"false\" ><\/fb:like><\/div>        <div class=\"wsbl_twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog-en.geo-itoigawa.com\/?p=246\" data-text=\"Not Quite Spring&#8230; but Almost!\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a beautiful day today as we go into April here at the Itoigawa Global Geopark! 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