Sunday, May 1, 2011

Sakura Paradise

Finally, it's the spring post!

If you know something about Japan, it's probably that during spring, Japan is covered with the beautiful pink and white of cherry and plum blossom trees! It's wonderful. Mishima itself is quite beautiful, and Mishima Taisha is a grand sight to be seen. All in all spring is absolutely beautiful in Japan, although the beauty lasts for at most a week and a half. It makes enjoy the sakura, or cherry blossoms, even easier. :)

So I'll just post a bajillion pictures I took of flowers and trees. I'm kinda lazy to put descriptions, but I will tell you where they were taken. :) Enjoy!

In Ryoanji Temple (Kyoto):




In Tenmangu Shrine (Kyoto):







At Kiyomizudera Temple (Kyoto):

At Osaka Castle (Osaka):


Of course...when we went to Kyoto is was ever so slightly too early to see the trees in full bloom, but shortly after returning to Mishima, we had many great views!!

In Mishima Taisha:









(Only at the end did I realize that using the Vivid Colors setting would make it look soo much cooler. lol)

At Nichidai (my school)




Various places around Mishima:





At a park nearby by Nichidai (where we went to play soccer haha):



In Fuji City, where we went to do a Hanami (Flower Viewing Party), which partly failed because most of the flowers were gone, lol. Oh well. We had fun, and we enjoyed the good food. :)





As you can see I was perfectly smitten with the tiny cherry blossom flowers. xD; But I love spring in general anyway, because in Florida we don't really get much of a spring. When I moved to Ohio I went crazy taking pictures of all the blooming flowers, haha. Anyway, that's it for now, hope you enjoyed the 1934897t024709657 pictures! For the record, I did have to restrain myself from uploading every single one. haha.

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