Well, reached the end of March means only one thing, spring finally took the courage to show their pretty face!
Wool coat turned to trench coat, long thick boots to semi-sandals, wool beanie to wide sun hats. Everything change.
And the colors. It went all bright and somewhat pink-er. Yes, pink.
Cherry blossom, a.k.a sakura season, is finally come!
This 2015, quite unpredictable but the sakura have bloomed earlier; what was predicted to be early April, turned into late March. This is quite exciting since all the spring festive starting sooner than ever. Even all the building decorations scream 'spring!' all over.
However just a quick reminder that sakura usually only last for 2 weeks, so it can be guaranteed that in mid April all the sakura will say goodbye replaced by all the green leaves that will be left behind.
So I decided to start my Hanami ("Sakura sight-seeing") as soon as possible.
Even if I have to do it alone.
I went for a small garden in Kawaguchi. Not much can be seen but I appreciate the calmness as not so many people were here.
And went to Ueno Park too today.
It was massive, I have to say. So pretty, yet on the other hand it attracts so many people there I thought I saw more people than the sakura itself. Well....
Here are several photos that I manage to take.
Went during 5-6 pm, as you can see how the sky colors changed overtime.
And sorry for my constant photo style. Blame the crowd I couldn't even go near the sakura, as there were so many people having picnic just right under the sakura tress (the whole street of it!).
How is it? Pretty crowded I can say. And never in my life here in Japan I found so many Indonesian tourist in just one straight road! Spring means holiday season too I guess.
I have several other destinations to go though. Meguro, Tokyo Midtown (which I heard is the best so far), and Shibazakura spot near Mt. Fuji.
And another secret destination in Kawaguchi which actually I have went there today but I went for the wrong side of the park so I couldn't find the sakura spot. Still wondering how to get there and If I succeed let me tell ya!
Will update soon and let me let you know which sakura spot is the best for this 2015!
