Sunday, April 8, 2012

Sakura Season


Oh it has finally arrived...the cherry blossom season!!!

I've been waiting for it and it's finally here! Now it officially feels like spring and with the blue skies this weekend, I'm sure many people were enjoying seeing the pretty blossoms sway in the wind.

We call cherry blossoms "Sakura" here in Japan. It's a special time of year, despite the fact that it comes around every year, we get all excited and really anticipate this season. Mostly because we all want to eat and drink and be merry under the cherry blossoms, which we call "Hanami."

I'll probably be posting various cherry blossom photos in the days to come, as I assume most Japanese bloggers will be doing. But will try to mix it in with other photos so I don't sakura spam you!

Hope you are all having a great weekend!




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29 comments:

  1. It's so beautiful that I didn't know that there is such place in shinjyuku.

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    1. This is right along the Kanda River that flows through Shinjuku and other cities in Tokyo! :D

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  2. Kaori there is no Sakura spamming!  They come for such a short time.  Please post like crazy your photos. I have been looking forward to seeing them!

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    1. Thank you! I'll hold you to that...there are going to be LOTS! ;D

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  3. Beautiful blossoms and blooms. Great photo's

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  4. I love the cherry blossoms, they are lovely. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming. Happy Easter!

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    1. Thank you! Happy Easter to you, too! There will be plenty more :D

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  5. Beautiful Sakura Season, I love it!

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    1. Thank you, Karl! It's one of my favorite seasons :D

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  6. Sigh... :-)

    The first one is a close up of the tree I posted yesterday, huh? ;-)

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  7. Beautiful Kaori!!! Spam me with Cherry Blossoms anytime!!!

    Happy Easter!!!

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    1. Well, since so many people were kind enough to enjoy the Sakura Spam...I've decided to keep on posting them ;D

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  8. Wow! These are so beautiful! I can almost smell the sweet scent here.

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    1. Thank you! They are really popping out everywhere like popcorn!

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  9. How very wonderful. Must bring peace and joy to the soul, being seen. Please have a good new week ahead.

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    1. Yes, you are so right Robert. It really does make my heart happy and brings joy to everyone who sees the pretty blooms :D

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  10. You can post as many cherry blossom photos as you want, we don't see them in my area so they're welcome. These are truly lovely!

    Unfortunately I don't remember exactly where I was when I took that photo of Seoul, my records of my prints aren't that good going back almost 15 years!

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    1. Thank you, Al! And I'm like you, my memory of Seoul is actually a little fuzzy, too. So I may have no idea what I'm talking about regarding the tower ;D

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  11. Sakura spam? Grin! I can look at them in real life, in your photos, in my own photos, in everybody else's photos ... and I'll never get tired of them. PS: Yes, spring is here. ^^

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    1. Yup...Sakura Spam because even I can't control myself and keep on taking photos of the same sakura over and over again! haha! I'm like you, I can never tire of it :D

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  12. Beautiful times every single blossom—that’s about a zillion “beautiful”s.

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    1. Sending back a zillion "thank you"s!!! :D

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  13. Now that is a sight to behold Kaori, I can see why you get excited about it, and I for one can't see enough of them.
    btw I loved the train scene in the previous post, how incredible neat, clean and well ordered are your trains, wow!

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  14. I yearn to hanami under the sakura. See, my Japanes is improving from being your blogger friend, Kaori. Beautiful... am coming for more and more and more sakura.

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  15. Wow! These are so beautiful! I can almost smell the sweet scent here.

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