March
09
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Lost In A Forest Of Blooming Plum Trees
This is just the entry forest
Yesterday I got to stumble around doing a 360˚ gawk in a forest of plum trees wearing all their favorite clothes at once.
Everywhere you look, tunnels and tunnels of plum goodness
Kairakuen Garden in Mito was planted by a genius of a daimyo who totally got that too much of a good thing is never enough. 2,490 fluffy-branched trees later, I think I can safely say that this is the plum blossom extravaganza to end all plum blossom extravaganzas….
And as the sun goes down…
…the lights go up!
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Thanks for sharing these photos. This is definitely what I miss seeing the most this time of year.
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I know, right? When I miss springtime in Japan, the flowers wherever I am all seem to bloom at the wrong time, and not in NEAR huge enough quantities!
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So beautiful and aachoooo!
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Yes, allergy season is here too…with a vengeance! Everyone in Tokyo claims it’s the cedar trees.
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So beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us!
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You’re welcome, my friend! The plums must be beautiful up in Oregon right about now too, right?
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They might be beautiful on the other side of the mountains, but over here in Oregon Outback, High Desert, not much shows up but lots of sagebrush. I love it, really. But I do miss lots of greenery and blooming things. So, thanks for sharing! 😉 I can practically smell spring in your pics!
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This was what I was looking forward to seeing six years ago, I was scheduled to visit Japan in late March of 2011. Fukushima disaster hit the week before I was to leave.
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Oh no! What a terrible hit of bad luck! Did you have a chance to reschedule? Because if not (as you can see!) I hope you will! ヽ(*＾ω＾*)ﾉ
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Pure wonder!
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