Yanaka Cemetery is lovely in any season, but April is the best time to visit. Today’s photo was taken on April 8. This picture is of the exact place where The Street of a Thousand Blossoms got its name.

Posted on May 9th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: cemetery, cherry blossoms, sakura, yanaka, 桜. Comments: None

Posted on May 5th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: cherry blossoms, sakura, shinjuku, 桜. Comments: 2

Posted on April 9th, 2012 under Japan, Oregon. Tags: bokeh, cherry blossoms, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 lens, nikon d7000, sakura, 桜. Comments: 2

In just one more month, my favorite part of Tokyo (Yanaka) will look like this. I took today’s photo of some of Tokyo’s finest cherry blossoms at Tennoji (天王寺) on April 8, 2010.

Posted on March 8th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, cherry blossoms, sakura, temples, Tokyo, yanaka, 桜. Comments: 2

西海子小路 in 小田原市

Wrong season, I know, but my random desktop image generator doesn’t care about picking the correct season. When this photo came up I was curious as I didn’t remember taking it. Why? Because I didn’t. My wife took this on her walk with TIS friends in Odawara during the cherry blossom season. Luckily she caught the name of the street in the lower left portion of the picture. This is 西海子小路 (さいかちこうじ or saikachikoji), near Odawara Station and Odawara Castle. This part of Odawara is one of the more famous places in Japan to view sakura.

Posted on November 16th, 2011 under Japan. Tags: cherry blossoms, odawara, sakura. Comments: None