Tokyo cherry trees reach full bloom

Even in Hachioji?

It is a time of the year when the world watches Japan .. and smiles.

I was at Yasukini shrine on Friday afternoon (to beat the cool wet weather this weekend) and almost every tree there was full bloom.

so fabulous and very legendary flowers, so pretty missed that flower, love it so much .....

The bloom is too short

The Higashikurume Kominkan class will go to Iseki Koen next Saturday. We will arrive at 11:30 a.m. eating different kinds of delicious ostumami and drinking beer, wine, shochu and sake I suppose. I'll make a lot of burritos. Hope it doesn't rain. Teru teru bozu time.

when it rains in april it's hard to tell the falling cherry blossoms from january's snow

Ueno Park is very beautiful right now, even with the crowds!

The blooming is early here in LA too...Beilenson Park's 2,000 Sakura trees are blooming now.

卒業証書 桜花びら そっと落ちる

diploma Sakura pedals gently falls

Kumamoto recorded their earliest blooming ever. But getting back to Tokyo! 12 days earlier than average, 15 days earlier than last year.

Magnificence.