首を長くして桜の蜜を吸うメジロ。

@Toyama

Awesome! The samurai residences of Kakunodate were awesome when I went there. The cherry blossoms were really amazing as well. Along the river and all along the houses. I remember I talked to one of the local shopkeepers here for a minute and it was really nice. There's supposed to be castle ruins somewhere near the town as well but I didn't get a chance to see them. This is a great place to visit in the spring for anyone curious. I highly recommend checking it out. Be careful of the big green spiders though, lol. I think they're probably harmless but they are quite surprising...

Well if the last few days were any indication of what's to come then we should be seeing cherry blossoms in Tokyo in about a week. Today was a bit more chilly but Saturday the weather was great. Was able to throw on a t shirt and didn't need to turn the heat on at all. Got some work done around the house this weekend and looking forward to going out to some parks next weekend to see some cherry blossoms hopefully. If they're not blooming by next Saturday then the weekend after next should be great so I'm looking forward to that. Plum wine and BBQ here I come!

「ぼくがママのこと守ってくれる！」
ママの手を引っ張って歩く 4歳になったばかりの息子。
来年ここを歩くときは 弟も守ってあげてね。

撮影地:静岡県焼津市朝比奈川沿い

家の近くの公園です。春は桜が満開になり、
子供連れのファミリーもたくさんいて
賑わっています。広いので、いい散歩になります(^^♪

宮島の紅葉谷の写真です。秋は紅葉、春は桜。色々な表情を見せてくれます。
みなさんもぜひ来てください。

Ahhh I can't wait for the cherry blossoms to start blooming. Only about a week left I guess. Today was nice and warm in Tokyo so hopefully that's a continuing trend from here on out as I'm kind of done with the cold weather this year lol! The winter scenery was all really beautiful but I think it's time for spring already. I need to look into buying a new BBQ so I can visit some parks and just relax for a whole day while eating delicious food and admiring the cherry blossoms. Hopefully Shinjuku Gyoen is open around then cuz I think it's been closed for a bit now, we'll see though. Anyways Mishima Taisha looks really cool. I always love seeing a row of cherry blossoms creating a tunnel. I'll have to add it to my list of places to visit in Shizuoka!

スカイツリー付近(東武橋)にて撮影

風速３〜５m/s 快晴でした。

画角いっぱいまでスカイツリー&河津桜を置いて撮影

ピント合わせに苦戦したことを覚えています。 MFで合わせずAFで粘って粘って撮影 AF設定で新たに一つ学びが出来ました。

＃春 ＃桜
ようやく桜に蕾が確認できました。
今年は昨年に比べ寒かったので開花は遅れそうです

location 佐賀県 有田市

桜のトンネルがとても綺麗でした！

location 大分県 四浦半島

河津桜が綺麗に咲いてました！

池の湖畔の桜並木は、日本の代表的な春の光景といえるでしょう。

私の近所の桜土手です。わざわざ観光地に桜を見に行かなくても、ちょっと注意すればご近所にも素晴らしいお花見場所が見つかります。

桜はソメイヨシノだけではありません。この見事な枝垂桜をご覧ください。

これぞ春の日常。日本ではふつうに近所の桜のある場所でお弁うを広げてお花見を楽しみます。

これぞ春の日常。日本では日時用の中に桜を代表する花が存在します。

Aghhh! I wish I got to get out and see some beautiful illuminations this winter but with everything happening in the world it wasn't exactly possible. Really wanted to check out the one in Hibiya but next year will have to do. I know a lot of events were canceled this winter as well but things can hopefully start opening up again as vaccines start rolling out around the country. Slow process for now, but hopefully it starts to speed up soon. I'd like to visit some flower parks this spring, I know there are a few that have illuminations as well and my girlfriend would love to visit them and see the cherry blossoms and wisteria, so if everything goes well hopefully we'll get the chance. That and I'm seriously missing going out to festivals, so hopefully we can get some of those soon!

桜ツリー
満開の早咲き河津桜が、東京スカイツリーを包み込んでいました。

満月と夜桜

河津桜と天の川

Made some Yokote style Yakisoba today. Reminded me of a cafe I went to back in Akita. Tasted pretty good and was nice since I haven't been able to visit any festivals lately and eat some of the tasty food from the stalls! Hoping There's some awesome stuff happening this spring. I want to get out and try all the food I've been missing out on and drink some plum wine under the cherry blossoms! Was a long, fun day today though, gonna get some sleep now?

Man that's beautiful. I read an article about this place on here as well. I really want to visit. The water is so clear it reminds me a lot of Oshino Hakkai, but I think the color of the water makes this place just a liiiiittle more beautiful. Although it's a pretty tough call lol. It's interesting how the article mentioned that the best time of year is fall to see the autumn leaves reflected on the surface of the water, but I bet spring would be just as beautiful. I guess it depends on if there's any cherry blossoms around the pond. I definitely saw maples though! I'll have to try the chimaki as well if I get the chance, I'd never heard of it until now.

Whoa! Now those are some fireworks! Holy crud, this is insane. I don't think I've ever seen fireworks this bright and colorful and I've been to the Omagari Fireworks Festival before! Didn't know that Mie had such amazing fireworks. All of the good fireworks festivals are so far away from Tokyo ?. Just more reason to explore other areas of Japan though I suppose. Apparently this is the Kihoku Lantern Festival too so I'd get to see some beautiful lanterns on the water as well. Hopefully I can get out some this summer, been cooped up indoors for way too long at this point, and I'm starting to miss the fresh nippon breeze ?. Hopefully spring comes somewhat early this year so I can see some cherry blossoms and drink some plum wine while barbecuing lol!

This photo captures the essence of Kyoto so well in my opinion. Cherry blossoms and a yakatabune. It's so simple and yet so elegant at the same time. I like how the boat is just slightly obscured by the cherry blossoms and you can feel how the wood on the roof of the boat has aged just by looking at it. Kyoto has so many beautiful sights to see and experiences to try. I'm looking forward to one of these boat rides the next time I go, and I'm also planning on visiting a kawadoko because I've eaten by a river before so I know how refreshing it is, but I've never eaten OVER a river before (inside a boat maybe but this is different) so I'm looking forward to a new experience. Going to have to visit all the temples and shrines I didn't have the chance to visit before as well.

和歌山県のお寺での一枚。
参道を覆うように桜が咲き誇り、
上から見ると桜に包まれているかの様でした。
また西日が差し込み桜がオレンジに染まっており大変綺麗でした。

桜花爛漫

京都府、伏見の桜。
停められた十石舟を纏うように咲く桜に朝日が差し込みました。

桜とマラソン?