潟沿いの公園 必死に桜をねらう

喜多家しだれ桜

青天に映える紅白の桜

春色の庭園

モミジ、ツバキ、サクラと季節をつなぐ散ったもの達が足元に
去った季節を感じるのもまた四季かなぁと。

Was nice weather over the weekend so I did a little exploring.

Found this nice little temple near the Sumida River called Hozoin Temple (寳蔵院) in Arakawa.
I wasn't sure where exactly I was allowed to go inside the temple, and I didn't have much time anyways, so I just took a peak through the gates and snapped a photo.
It was a really quaint place and apparently it has some landscape paintings and itabi tablets.
From what I saw, it looked like there was a garden across the ground.
Maybe a rock garden or something of the sort, I wasn't able to get a good look at it though.
The area around the temple was the hunting grounds of the Tokugawa Shogunate as well it seems.
Pretty amazing to imagine there was enough greenery in the area to hunt in the past.

Also managed to stop by a nice udon/soba restaurant for lunch.
It was called Sunaba (砂場) I believe.
I ordered the kamo (duck) nanban udon and it tasted great.
Haven't had duck in a while, but it's always a treat.
The lady taking orders was really nice as well.
Overall a great place!

荒々しい山肌の妙義山をバックに妙義神社の桜
この空間は時を止める力があるのでしょうか？
ずっと眺めていたい素敵な場所でした。
群馬県富岡の春景色

兵庫県にある猪名川町の桜です?
道路沿いにたくさんの桜がありました?撮影した場所では菜の花もたくさん咲いていました?

偶然撮れた綺麗な山!!
富士山じゃなくて山!!
なんて名前の山やったんやろ?

撮影した場所は滋賀県長浜市の豊公園にて。
夜桜のライトアップ期間中に訪問し撮影。

可愛いこ偶然みぃーっけ?
どんどん大きくなって欲しいなー?

鶴見緑地公園の日本庭園にて。松と枝垂れ桜が目に鮮やかな中、アオサギがくつろいでいます。この鳥は出会えると幸運が訪れるとも言われています。ご覧いただいた皆さまに、幸運が舞い降りますように。

岡山県総社市の備中国分寺です。
桜と競い合っているのは桃の花です。
この地域は、桃の産地でもあり桃太郎のゆかりの地です。
咲き誇る花々を見ながら散策している人をみていると桃源郷のようです。

千葉県にあるあけぼの山農業公園です。

大阪市東住吉区、サッカーチームセレッソ大阪の本拠地、長居公園の桜。広い園内にはたくさんの桜の木があり、春は夢の中にいるような美しさです。

庭の花海棠が、染井吉野を追いかけるように咲きました

ソメイヨシノが満開！天気は悪かったけれど、はらはらと散る桜を見ながら春にお別れをしました。

愛知県に流れる五条川沿いの桜を撮影。撮影日はとても暖かく穏やかで天候に恵まれました。

満開の桜を楽しめるのは一年を通してほんの数週間しかありません。限られた時間の中で自身の魅力を最大限に発揮する桜の姿に心惹かれます。その強さを表現すべく、逆光側から太陽を見上げる形で撮影しました。

その姿はしたたかさと美しさを合わせ持つ女性のよう。私も桜のような存在目指し、日々を大切に強さを過ごしていきたい。

桜と晴天

【English／日本語】
These are cherry blossoms at Shinshoin, a temple in Nishi-Hachioji. This temple was opened by the daughter of the famous warlord "Shingen Takeda". Unlike ordinary temples, it is very gorgeous with feminine decorations. Our school goes to visit it once a year. Before the visit, students learn in class about the tragic love story for which this temple was built. There are many historical buildings near the school. It can be said that Nishi-Hachioji is a very good environment for studying Japanese language.

西八王子にあるお寺「信松院」の桜です。このお寺は有名な武将である『武田信玄の娘』が開きました。普通のお寺とは違い、女性らしさを感じる装飾があり、とても華やかです。本校では1年に1回見学に行きます。見学の前に学生たちは授業でこの寺が建てられた悲恋の物語を学びます。学校の近くには歴史的な建物がたくさんあります。西八王子は日本語を学ぶ環境としてとても優れていると言えます。

Decided to go back to Gyoda again this weekend.

We had such a good time last time we went we decided we wanted to check out the cherry blossoms this spring. Managed to visit some really nice places.

We originally wanted to use the rental bicycles that they have in front of the station but we got there past noon and all of them were taken unfortunately.
Fortunately for us, it ended up getting a bit colder later on so it actually worked out.

We got lucky as there was a really convenient sightseeing bus that rolled through the station to all of the major places in the city every 45 minutes or so.

We checked out the cherry blossoms at Gyoda Castle and they had the Hanachozu (花手水, pots of flowers floating in water). We were able to see a few of these throughout the city which was nice.
They also had traditional umbrellas on display in a few areas around the castle which was really pretty.

After Gyoda Castle we visited the Sakitama Burial Mounds which had some really beautiful views of the cherry blossoms.
There was also a flock of herons flying around the area but I wasn't able to get a very good photo of any of them.
Luckily we got some great photos of the cherry blossoms and the main mound and had a really enjoyable time.

We also stopped by Suijo Park and there were some food stalls in the area, but we got there when everything was just about closed so we only got to see a few of the vendors.
We managed to get a really tasty lemonade and a latte though. Both tasted really good.
Surprisingly there were a lot of cosplayers at the park.
We probably saw like 20-30 people cosplaying using the bridges and cherry blossoms in the area.

On the way back to the station we managed saw this river during the bus ride and so we backtracked a little bit after getting to the station (about 5 minutes walking) and got to enjoy some really phenomenal views of the cherry blossoms along the river.
There were hardly any people there as well, surprisingly.

Overall it was a really awesome time!

大阪城の桜

咲き誇る姿は圧巻でした！

満開?で大迫力でしたよ＾＾

2022.4/3.AM location:わに塚の桜

佐賀県武雄市御船山の岩山と桜はよく合う。

山口県長門市元乃隅神社は鳥居の連続性が海、空の青に映える。

福岡市能古島の菜の花畠はこじんしょゆうの広大な畠で、特に女性には
インスタ映えします。

この福岡市能古島の菜の花畠は、久保さんちの個人畠です。パラソルが映える。