Cherry Blossom Viewing In Kobe Japan
By Jeffrey Strain, April 8th, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Spring is in the air and the cherry blossoms are beginning to bloom. That meant that we had to go out for cherry blossom viewing and none of this casually walking around viewing – my wife wanted to get dressed in her best spring kimono (with cherry blossom obi) to go out and view them. So today we took off at 4:00pm and did the rounds – here are a few photos from the trip:
Before we even left to get to the cherry blossoms, I had to take photos of the kimono:
We arrived to view the cherry blossoms with still a bit of daylight left outside:
but before long the sun started to go down:
Before it got completely dark I had to get at least one close-up
And as dusk turned to darkness, they turned lights onto the cherry trees
If it doesn’t rain this week, we’ll probably make one more trip to view the cherry blossoms (if it rains, then they all fall off). The cherry blossoms only last about a week, but Spring is now here.
How beautiful! Both of them.
I am anxiously awaiting their blooming in Sendai!
–CollegeGrad
Your wife in her spring Kimono, are more beautiful than all the blossoms in Japan, a really wonderful tradition long may it last much joy to you both. Jim
Thank you for the photos of the lovely blossoms.
And of the gorgeous kimono.
What a beautiful lady your wife is!
Lovely!
….did you know that El Salvador has sent some Maquilishuat trees to Japan? Maquilishuat is our national tree: in the summer, it loses all its leaves and blooms…beautiful pink flowers!…so, perhaps someday people in Japan will make summer trips to see the Maquilishuats!
Thanks for sharing the pictures. I got there & left too early this year to see them in full bloom. Ours in S.F. do not compare!
Arigato Gozaimashita
Thank you for the beautiful photos.
(Your wife is a very elegant lady!)
The Rotterdam Kunsthal (in Holland) has a wonderful exhibition: Silk Stories: Taisho kimono 1900-1940.
which I visited two days ago. I was very, very moved.
Japan has been (and is) a source of inspiration for me: writing Haiku is consoling… always.
Anne