April
08
Tags
Cherry Blossom Roundup
Okay, the season of all-sakura-all-the-time is officially over, and the cherryliciousness did not disappoint. From late-blooming white ones to pinker-than-pink, here are a few of this year’s faves.
At Kiyosumi-Shirakawa garden, they had exactly one blooming cherry tree, but it was worth the price of admission.
This weeping cherry at Shinjuku Gyou-en garden was mobbed by photographers, but I elbowed my way in BWAHAHAHA.
I went to Koraku-en garden on a sunny day, just as the cherry trees were starting to bloom
There are only a few cherry trees along moat near the Imperial Palace East Garden, but it’s worth a visit because they’re unusual varieties
On a rainy day at Rikugi-en garden, I had the famous weeping cherry all to myself.
If you’d like to visit these gardens the next time you’re in Tokyo, there are map links to Shinjuku Gyou-en, Koraku-en, the Ni-no-maru Imperial Palace East Garden, Kiyosumi garden Rikugi-en and all the beautiful Tokyo gardens on my website, The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had.
•
After a long day of reveling in the pinkness, Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Tokyo
“A genuinely gripping crime thriller which wrong-foots and perplexes the reader throughout, drawing us in emotionally . . . Highly recommended.” –Raven Crime Reads
For nine years, Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura thought his mother’s death was an accident. Then he gets a call, and his life begins to unravel. Because if it wasn’t an accident…what was it? Read more
