Before the arrival of winter, Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa City, one of the three famous gardens in Japan, began the work of "snow hanging" to protect tree branches from the weight of snow.
The "snow hanging" is a process in which a pillar is erected and fixed with a rope to prevent the branches of the tree from breaking under the weight of the snow, and the work was carried out on the "Karasaki Matsu" (Karasaki no Matsu), which boasts the largest branches in the park and is said to be about 1 years old.
The gardener, who climbed a 180-meter-high pillar erected along the trunk of a tree, hung the rope radially, and other gardeners deftly tied it to the branches and arranged it into a cone.
Tourists who visited the park took their time to watch the winter preparations prepared by skilled craftsmen under the cloudless autumn sun.
A tourist visiting from Switzerland said, "Switzerland's wilderness is fascinating, but the manicured gardens in Japan are also really beautiful and wonderful."
In addition, a couple visiting from Tokushima Prefecture said, "I was able to see the snow hanging for the first time, and the weather was good, so it was a wonderful memory."
It means that the work of "snow hanging" at Kenrokuen will continue until mid-December.