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A Cherry Tree at Joshokoji Temple
The charm of cherry blossoms is sometimes mysterious. It makes us happy, brings us excitment, and sometimes enchants our hearts. I have...
Renge (Milk Vetch) Fields at Kita Sagano District
This year, the cherry blossom season has come and gone very quickly. It was all too soon just like a blink of an eye, and we all felt...
Cherry Blossoms and Fushimi Canal Jikkokubune Boats
The Fushimi (伏見) district is very famous for its quality water. Therefore, the name Fushimi was once described as 伏水 (underground water)...
Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Viewing in Kimono
The cold winter has gone and finally the hint of spring is in the air. The Sakura (cherry blossom) season is soon be coming. Sakura...
Spring Flowers
The other day, I took a walk and paid a visit to Shinnyo-doh (真如堂）and Konkai komyo-ji temple (金戒光明寺). On the premises, the Shanshu...
Osawa-no Ike Pond in Spring Colors
In the beginning of the Heian (平安) period, the Emperor Saga (嵯峨天王) built his villa in this land of Saga (嵯峨). On the vast premises of the...
Konoe no Itozakura (Droopy-Branch Cherry Tree) at Kyoto Gyoen National Garden
If you ask me, "what is the best spot to enjoy the view of early blooming weeping cherry tree?", I would reply, "please try Konoe no...
Cherry Blossoms at JR Momoyama Station
The wind is still cold but I can feel spring is drawing near. I saw early blooms of winter cherry at JR Momoyama station. They look so...
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