okay, now i have another question--the tree in the right foreground of the pic looks like it was deliberately pruned to resemble a waterfall bonsai--do you see a lot of that around tokyo?
It's actually part of the outer moat (Benkeibori) of the old Edo castle in Tokyo. Once upon a time it looked like this (second picture down) and this (third picture down).
Aside: Thanks for asking, as the Old Tokyo site I found and linked to above is quite fascinating...
My team were asking me what was a similar sign of spring in the UK to sakura in Japan. I had to explain that cherry blossom does also exist in the UK - and then went on to talk about bulbs - daffodils, bluebells, snowdrops etc.
Next day after seeing these, driving to work in glorious spring sunshine, and suddenly all of the cherry blossom which was mostly buds last week was simultaneously in full bloom. Beautiful! Now its all falling down all over the place like snow due to typically april wind and rain, but at least for one moment it was perfect!
One of the best - either now, before it gets hot and humid or the autumn, after the typhoon season to see the autumnal colours.
Personally I most like the months of October to April here - the rest of the year I could quite happily survive it being many degrees cooler and about half as humid!
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Date: 2005-04-09 07:49 am (UTC)spring has definitely sprung!
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Date: 2005-04-09 08:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-10 07:55 am (UTC)It does however, seem to be typically Japanese to quite aggressively prune urban trees.
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Date: 2005-04-10 08:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-09 10:02 am (UTC)Aside: Thanks for asking, as the Old Tokyo site I found and linked to above is quite fascinating...
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Date: 2005-04-09 02:39 pm (UTC)Still, at least I'll get the bigger blossoms later on this month. And the azaleas.
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Date: 2005-04-10 01:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-10 06:24 pm (UTC)Springe is icumen in, sing luBe cuckoo ...
Date: 2005-04-10 10:59 am (UTC)Re: Springe is icumen in, sing luBe cuckoo ...
Date: 2005-04-10 01:15 pm (UTC)My team were asking me what was a similar sign of spring in the UK to sakura in Japan. I had to explain that cherry blossom does also exist in the UK - and then went on to talk about bulbs - daffodils, bluebells, snowdrops etc.
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Date: 2005-04-12 04:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-10 11:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-10 01:29 pm (UTC)Personally I most like the months of October to April here - the rest of the year I could quite happily survive it being many degrees cooler and about half as humid!