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Spring Celebrations of Cherry Blossom,photo album |
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Double colored Cherry Blossom |
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All across Japan, people wait for the opportunity to relax and eat under the cherry trees. The Cherry Blossom viewing parties are called "Hanami."In Toyko's Ueno Park, families and corporations set up tarps for afternoon and evening dining and blossom viewing. In many cases a lower employee is assigned to sit and hold the place from early morning until others arrive after work. Tarps were placed 5 deep from the walkway back under the cherry trees. You can see red and white lanterns that illuminate the grounds at night. The boxes on the tarps are for dining tables. |
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Within Ueno Park is a small eternal flame memorial. The original flame was carried to Tokyo by a survivor of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in his metal cigarette case. Students make streamers of a 1000 origami cranes as a memorial to a girl that did not survive. One surviror kindly talked to Connie and I, he was 9 years old in 1945 and remembers the day very clearly. |
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Shinobazu Pond is an awesome place to ride in a swan boat or row around and view the cherry trees and Toyko skyline. Also at Ueno Park is a five story pagoda framed by cherry trees. Beside the pagoda are orange trees seen through the cherry blossoms. |
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The succulent smells of food booths add so much to the ambience of the Ueno Park. Steamed potatoes with butter, grilled brook trout and fresh nooldes are some of the specialities. |
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Mishima Shrine offers some of the best local views of Cherry Trees. Mishima Shrine features beautiful weeping Cherry Trees hanging over the pond. At night, the lights, strung through the trees create a soft glow. Time spent here, is never wasted time; it is refreshing, relaxing and rejuvenating. |
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Weeping Cherry Trees in pink, red and white surround the Mishima Shrine pond. |
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