11 Fields of lotus in the countryside Cathy Cawood unreasonable because people have done just that all over Japan with plantings of cherry... blossom, hydrangeas, cosmos and other flowers.
Culture Yokohama Foreigners' Cemeteries Larry Knipfing A visit to the Yokohama Foreigners’ Cemetery in cherry blossom season is beautiful—a tranquil final resting place for its eternal boarders.
9 Culture Ueno Park - Sakura Season Susan Tumanon I often see Ueno Park on Japanese TV whenever cherry blossom season approches. I decided to see what the buzz was all about.
Activities Sakura Light-up, Gion Shirakawa Tomoko Kamishima Gion Shirakawa’s spring illumination: Viewing cherry blossoms at night!
14 Culture Kyoto Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine: Spring breeze brings the delicate sweet fragrance of plum blossoms
Shopping Minato Mirai Kisha-michi Promenade Tomoko Kamishima Wheel (with a great view) -Sakura-dori, a street lined with beautiful cherry... Cherry trees line both sides of the promenade and bloom beautifully in
15 Autumn at Kinpusen-ji Cathy Cawood Although Yoshino in Nara is famous for cherry blossom, the autumn colors around Zao Hall at World Heritage site Kinpusen-ji were beautiful.
Culture Shinobazu Pond In Ueno Park Michael Kaplan is known as the Lotus Pond, which is named for the lotus plants that blossom... summer months, the Lotus Pond is covered by a thick mat of fragrant lotus blossoms