Matt and I arrived in Japan just in time for the blooming of the Sakura or cherry blossoms. The pink or white flowers only last for about one week. Its such a beautiful time in fact, people who have spent their entire lives in Japan still go outside and take photos of these trees. One amazing thing is that the trees essentially bloom overnight. No joke, one day its rainy and cold and the trees don't have any flowers. The next day, the sun is out and BAM! flowers are everywhere.
This motivates people to have picnics outside under the trees, go on walks more often, ect. In fact, one day at work we walked to the street bridge to look at the cherry blossoms and take pictures. Below is a photo of Matt and me with one of our bosses, Segawa-san.
Unfortunately, the bulk of the blooming happened during the middle of the week. However, Matt and I decided to dedicate some time after work to take some photos.
That weekend Matt and I made a trip to the Ministry of Agricultural which is famous for its abundance of cherry blossoms and flowers. I found myself in constant awe from the arrays of cherry blossoms and yellow flowers. Below are some photos.
The roads were lined with Sakura. This photo doesn't show it, but these streets were very chaotic. People were everywhere and traffic was crazy. We made our way down the walkways to the field of yellow flowers. Much time was spent there admiring the scenery and taking pics.
Once again, the Japanese love this time of year. There was a ton of people walking around, having picnics, and taking photos. For example...
After this outing, I felt pretty satisfied with my first cherry blossom bloom in Japan. However, I couldn't help but be sad that Katie wasn't there to enjoy it with me :(
Don't forget to check out Matt's blog also at: http://mattbhaines.blogspot.com/
I also have more photos at: http://s744.photobucket.com/albums/xx83/sethrwalker/Cherry%20Blossoms/
You can click on slideshow to view them.
-Seth
This motivates people to have picnics outside under the trees, go on walks more often, ect. In fact, one day at work we walked to the street bridge to look at the cherry blossoms and take pictures. Below is a photo of Matt and me with one of our bosses, Segawa-san.
Unfortunately, the bulk of the blooming happened during the middle of the week. However, Matt and I decided to dedicate some time after work to take some photos.
Gorgeous cherry blossom with branches overhanging a popular walking/running path which stretched about 3 miles continuously down the middle of Tsukuba.
This is the clock tower in a park fairly close to my apartment. In fact, I look out at that clock tower every morning from my room.
Matt reviewing a photo. I really like the composition of this one.
That weekend Matt and I made a trip to the Ministry of Agricultural which is famous for its abundance of cherry blossoms and flowers. I found myself in constant awe from the arrays of cherry blossoms and yellow flowers. Below are some photos.
This is my favorite photo I took that day.
And it was all yellow.
Path through the flower field.
There was also a field of dark green grass.
Once again, the Japanese love this time of year. There was a ton of people walking around, having picnics, and taking photos. For example...
This man tried for at least a couple minutes to get a good picture with his precious little dog in the field. After a while, we asked a lady to get a picture of Matt and me in the field.
Don't forget to check out Matt's blog also at: http://mattbhaines.blogspot.com/
I also have more photos at: http://s744.photobucket.com/albums/xx83/sethrwalker/Cherry%20Blossoms/
You can click on slideshow to view them.
-Seth
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