The last petals

Despite the fact that most petals are gone, someone is still enjoying the hanami.

Sakura 2008 - Shinjuku Gyoen

Shinjuku's skyscrapers reflected on 中の池 (middle pond) in Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑)．

Sakura 2007 - Shinjuku Gyoen

Shinjuku Gyoen was constructed on the site of a private mansion belonging to Lord Naito, a "daimyo"(feudal lord) of the Edo era. Completed in 1906 as an imperial garden, it was re-designated as a national garden after World War 2nd and opened to the public.





58.3 hectares(144 acres) in size and with a circumference of 3.5 km, it blends three distinct styles, French Formal, English Landscape and Japanese Traditional, and is considered to be one of the most important gardens from the Meiji era.

Episode VII

Tai ji quan in 新宿御苑

A nice group of people doing exercises (maybe tai ji quan? I cannot be sure) under the cherries in 新宿御苑. Nice, isn't it?

The Japanese way to sunbathing...

...because it's important to take care of the skin ^_^










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