Ueno Park is one of Tokyo’s most popular spots during cherry blossom (early spring/April). It’s a huge public park in the heart of Tokyo. It has museum, zoo, temples, small concert hall and a lake which is called Shinobazu pond. I won’t say it’s a pond considering the size. It looks more like a lake. …
June is the month of Hydrangea. Meigetsuin, Hasedera and Jojuin temples in Kamakura are three places people go to see Hydrangea in June. Kamakura is not very far away from Tokyo, thus favourable by many people who want to see hydrangea. Like many other flowers lover, Kamakura was on our list of …
It’s a cloudy day with a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon. The sky is a bit unfriendly for flowers photography. I still managed to take pictures of these beautiful flowers in the neighbourhood though 🙂 Hydrangea is known as one of the flowers that bloom in June in Japan. These ones open much …
The fist time I ever saw “shibazakura” was while I was sitting on train looking at an advertisement in Japanese. Not that I could read “kanji” (japanese character) but picture alone explained the beauty. “Pink Flower” was the keyword I used to search the name of the flower. It turned out the beautiful flower on …
Wisteria or “Fuji” as the local calls blooms mid April to mid May. There are quite number of Wisteria parks in Japan. Famous one is in Kita-kyushu, Fukuoka Perfecture. We didn’t go to this place and chose the nearest ones to Tokyo instead. People will go to Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Tokyo to see wisteria …
Sakura is not the only flowers Japan has this early spring. Many other flowers start blooming as soon as the weather gets warmer. As if living the local culture, everyone must follow the queue, so is flower. Flower start blooming by weeks. Sakura is the first in blooming line, followed by Nemophila, Wisteria, Hydrangea and …
