Happy Monday from Tokyo! May the new week bring you more good vibes and fewer tariffs than the previous one.
One more place I went to yesterday after the drumming lesson was Kyū-Furukawa Gardens in Nishigahara.
Good morning from Tokyo! Hope y’all will enjoy your Sunday. I’ll have my first regular drumming lesson later, and then we’ll see what else the weather allows.
Here is some more #Bloomscrolling for you, this time of a nighttime variety from last night around my neighborhood in Itabashi Ward. Unedited iPhone photos.
Title: Cherry Blossoms & Castle (c.1930s)
Artist: Ito Yuhan
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3050.html #Art #ShinHanga #ItoYuhan #Showa #Spring #Sakura #CherryBlossoms #Japan
#WindowFriday
About a hundred y/o vintage building sitting empty since the Pandemic in Snoqualmie, not too far from the Falls.
https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/framed-by-pink-blossom-ez-lorenz.html
It's common to see rows of cherry trees planted along the banks of rivers (even when the waterway has been 'river managed' to within an inch of its life).
The kilometer stretch of Tenjingawa from Shijō-dōri (四条通) to Gojō-dōri (五条通) is filled with sakura
Last summer Nao-san planned to enjoy 'nodate' (野点 'outdoor tea ceremony') in each of the 4 seasons, and finally that dream came to pass
Squirrels stole the show at the UW cherry blossom display as playfully zigzagged in the trees while I was visiting the other day.
Cards and more- https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/playful-squirrel-among-the-soft-cherry-blossoms-ez-lorenz.html
A vintage steam locomotive framed by spring blossoms adding to the small town charm of Snoqualmie, WA minutes away from the Snoqualmie Falls.
Although the story sounds miraculous, oeshiki-zakura in fact blooms over an incredibly long (6 month) period.
While the flowers become evident in October, it's not until April 8th (Buddha’s birthday) that the blossoms reach their peak (with the other sakura).
A tree close to the main hall of Myōren-ji unseasonably began blooming on the 13th day of the 10th month, the anniversary of Nichiren's (日蓮 1222-82) death.
Because of this it became known as 'Oeshiki-zakura' (御会式桜 'Memorial to Nichiren Sakura').
Title: Hanazakari - Avenue of Cherry Trees in Full Bloom (1935)
Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20250331164309345/index.html #ShinHanga #HiroshiYoshida #Showa #Spring #Sakura #CherryBlossoms #Japan