Everyone is excited about the spring. Who doesn’t? After cocooning in thick winter coat, layering two to three pieces of tops and those boots we finally can show some skin and see greens & flowers blooming everywhere. It’s time for wandering around the city in sneakers, flats and heels. The most exciting thing about spring …
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 …
Tokyo giant ferris wheel of 117 meter tall is less than 20 minutes by train from Tokyo station. We always wanted to take pictures of this giant ferris wheel. Only today we had a chance to visit the Kasai Sea Side park, the house of the ferris wheel. It’s a huge park with a man-made …
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 …
