Tokyo Spring & Cherry Blossom

This has been a dream of mine for so long - to visit Tokyo during the cherry blossom. Somehow it happened this year, the time schedule allowed us to take 8 days in between two events and we did it. Now, in my mind there was supposed to be spring and 25 degrees, me running around in pink fluffy dress and barefoot, with cherry blossom flowers in my hair. Well it was much colder than I imagined. Luckily we had sunny weather all the days, and in this 33 million city it is easy to spend 8 days exploring.

This was our first day. After our first sushi brunch we took a walk to Shinjuku Gardens hopping to see some fluffy trees, and there they were. Looking fabulous and being photographed by hundreds of happy visitors. Japanese tradition to have a picnic and watch these beautiful flowers blooming is called Hanami. Very popular activity during late may early april in the whole Japan. The love for cherry blossom, the attention payed to flowers blooming progress is impressive and cute. You can get reports everywhere giving you information in what park what day this particular tree is suppose to bloom. Enjoy, and bear with me, there will be many many cherry blossom photos!