Cherry blossom bloomed and reached its peak by early of April since 2014 to 2016 in Tokyo. I used to confidently suggest friends to visit Tokyo and other cities in Japan from 28 March to early April for sakura (cherry blossom) viewing. The weather proved me, and others in Japan, wrong. It is not the …
Instagram is a pool of travel pictures that we can always refer to. When I saw bright yellow canola flowers field we instantly opened the map and found a great place to go to. If not because of Japanese instagrammers, we would have missed the best canola flowers field nearby Tokyo. Unlike many other …
Spring is about to leave, taking away all flowers once colouring our days with their beauties. The icon of Japan, Sakura, is well known for its short-lived. Nemophila blue and Pink Moss Shibazakura are too tiny to stand up against the heat of the sun. Then, Wisteria can never survive the rain and strong wind. …
Temperature rises fast as spring settling in. As much as I love colourful flowers, chirping birds and laughter at the park in spring, the memory of winter seems won’t go away that soon. I want to embrace the spring but unwilling to let go the cotton white snow, frizzing wind and slow rhythm of …
Mount Fuji, Cherry Blossoms and temple are the quintessential of Japan in spring. No other place can capture Japan’s quintessential than Arakurayama Sengen Park. This park is famous for the sight of Mount Fuji, temple-like pagoda and cherry blossoms in spring. Arakurayama can be easily reached from Tokyo by train. The best time to visit …
Arashiyama is second most popular tourists destination in Kyoto. Arashiyama for many means a lush green of bamboo forest. Other attractions within the area are often overlooked by many. We were amongst those people who did not think of spending more time to explore Arashiyama when we first went to Kyoto. Only on our second …
