sakuras in bloom
Posted in Japan on 04/10/2007 09:58 am by GraceSpring has officially announced her arrival in Japan. Sakura, or cherry blossoms, probably Japan’s most loved flower is blooming all over the country, well mostly at least – What is amazing is, Sakura blooms from the southern part of Kyushu and Okinawa where it blooms as early as February, going upwards north with Hokkaido’s sakuras blooming in late May. Autumn is the opposite, the leaves change color from the northern part going towards the south, Okinawa having a late, late autumn at around December.
Sakura is in full bloom in Matsumoto, the 2nd largest city in Nagano Prefecture where I lived for 5 years before relocating to sakura-less Dubai.
These pictures are taken by my friend/neighbor. She definitely made my day!
This little park is only some couple of minutes from where we lived. Pristine used to play alot here.
Taken at Murai Jinja (Murai Temple) near my house. Children from nearby nursery/kindergarten schools come here to picnic at this time of the year.
I lived in a really beautiful place! I guess one can never know what she’s missing until it’s gone — for a while at least!
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April 10th, 2007 at 11:07 am
wow! ga-bloom na ang pink sakura!
when we went to kyoto atong Sunday, buds pa lang. =(
April 10th, 2007 at 11:46 am
yeah,. nag sakura hunting na sab mi last sunday. And planning to have more. Can’t get enough of sakura gyud… Shiera snd I are officially Sakura addicts
April 10th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
beautiful pics! thanks for sharing.
April 10th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
So pretty!
April 10th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Hi–such lovely pics! What a spiritually refreshing thing to see them. Thanks for sharing them!
April 11th, 2007 at 7:22 am
sakura blooming (almost)everywhere in japan now. could hardly tell which pic is taken from where anymore.
April 11th, 2007 at 11:13 am
wow- the pictures are so calming
April 12th, 2007 at 10:49 am
My parents were there last year for the Cherry Blossom Festival. They brought back some amazing photos!