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They are a famous place of the azalea in Sabae-shi, Fukui, and a wallpaper photograph of the Nishiyama park.
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The Nishiyama park is located in the Sabae city area, and is wrapped in air quiet only there in the city area.
Moreover, the Nishiyama park is wrapped in the flower of the azalea it is supposed that there are no less
than various [ the whole place ] seven kinds in the season of the azalea in May, and Nishiyama public
inside a garden [ whole ] is colored gay color.
The Nishiyama park is famous as a place where the carpet of an azalea is seen. The azalea is planted in
the slope in the shape of a concentric circle centering on the central lawn open space, a certain azalea
will be in full bloom on a slope in about seven kinds in mid-[ in which it becomes best time to see ] May,
and a scene which covered with the carpet of the azalea completely is very impressive. the history of the
Nishiyama park -- the Edo period about 150 years ago and the 7th generation of Sabae han han of those days
-- it is main and the prototype of the park was formed by ManabeAkikatsu in which even the senior shogunal
councilor went up to the top in the Edo Shogunate as with the Tokugawa 12th generation general Ienari and
the 13th generation general Iesada. It seems that it was loved as a park released from that time by
people. The azaleas in which about 2500 shares were planted at first by the hand of Mr. Sabae Mayor
Fukushima of those days after that in 1958 (Showa 33) increase in number a year rapidly later on, and
about 43,000 shares of azaleas bloom by establishing an observatory in the summit of the mountain now,
and it is competing for them. There is area of the park facing the national highway No. 417 line like
about 56 ha(s), and the garden [ of an azalea ] and opposite side serves as structure of the Japanese
garden style across the national highway. It seems that moreover, maintenance progresses further and the
Nishiyama park also became a figure of a present beautiful park ignited by the world gymnastics
championship Sabae convention in 1995.
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