Minezakura : Japanese Alpine Cherry Blossom : Northern Japanese Alps

Just wanted to see this cherry blossoms
I came here
At the foot of Hontani Bridge
1780 m elevation
2009 June 9
On the way to Karasawa cirque

Yamazakura, Mountain Cherry Blossom

Yamazakura means "Mountain Cherry"

The wild cherry
Which is the most commonly seen in Japan

Shukugawa Coming into Blossom 2008 : Shukugawa, Nishinomiya, Hyougo

photographed March/28/2008 Shukugawa,Nishinomiya,Hyogo, Japan

Since you said you were missing... : Shukugawa, Nishinomiya, Hyougo

So, I went out to take some photos of Shukugawa River

Cherry blossoms
Already past the full bloom

Onto the river
Petals fall like snow flakes

Do you remember this bamboo bush where you found a discarded bike?
You brought it home to fix

It was the last spring
We walked along this river
When the cherry just came into blossom

You miss Japan or miss me?

photographed April/11/2009 Shukugawa,Nishinomiya,Hyogo, Japan

Night with Cherry Blossoms : Kyoto

Lit up cherry blossoms
Somewhat lunatic

They say
There are demons
Hiding under cherry trees

They also say
There are dead bodies
Buried under cherry trees

photographed April/8/2009 Nagaoka Tenman-gu, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan

Nagaoka Tenmangu : Kyoto

Tenmangu are shrines for the god of thunder
He is also the god of scholarship

Hachijo-ga-ike (Pond of eighth street)

Yae shidarezakura (Double flower weeping cherry)

A nice week day
Picnic under cherry blossoms

It was so peaceful
Adults, children, dogs and pigeons
Relaxed and enjoying

Nagaokakyo used to be the capital city of Japan
Just for 10 years
AD 784-794
Ephemeral Dream of Spring


http://wikimapia.org/#lat=34.9233961&lon=135.6877506&z=17&l=7&m=h&v=2 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E5%B2%A1%E5%A4%A9%E6%BA%80%E5%AE%AE photographed April/8/2009 Nagaoka Tenman-gu, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan

Waterfall of Bloosom

Shidarezakura

( Weeping cherry tree )

photographed April/8/2009 Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Castle Ruin

One sunny April morning

Visited the ruin of a castle Somei Yoshino
The most loved flower

In Japan

The stone walls and the moat

Still remain

And flowered
With
Hundreds of cherry trees
In full bloom

The castle was abandoned in 1871
Nowadays, the land is used for prefectural government's buildings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukui_Castle http://wikimapia.org/#lat=36.0650929&lon=136.2215906&z=18&l=7&m=h&v=2 photographed April/8/2009 Fukui, Fukui, Japan