【新宿】 Hanami @ Shinjuku Gyoen

This is another Garden/Park in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Shinjuku Gyoen 新宿御苑

(website here)

There is an entrance fee of ￥200

The entrance fee is very cool

I took a video of it

(This video was taken at yr2010 so I might have a strong Taiwanese essence)

haha

Hanami season on the weekend 

is full with crowd

we queue for some time to go into the gate

Just see the crowd!!!!!!

The park is kind huge though

easy to get lost

so better stay close with your friend during this season

Just see the crowd below the sakura trees

so hard to find a way to walk

The Japanese just love to sit under the sakura tree for picnic

You know why????

There is a legend that

During this season

If there is a sakura petal drop into your drink 

(But not by hand!!!! is by nature!!!!)

Then you will gain luck and happiness

Shinjuku Gyoen is one of he best spot for hanami

you can see the sakura tree is so HUGE

This is the image of the Cherry Blossom that is fully blossomed

When the sakura is fully blossomed

It is very beautiful

The picnic dishes

Japanese treat with Sakura flower flavoring

This scenery looks very story book

If you are early enough

you can get the seat with table

But the tree is not as huge as just now

When the evening is reaching

everyone start to pack off

The sakura flower is very pretty!!!!!

The national flower of Japan

 

This was my First Hanami when I arrived Japan

It was in year 2010

lately the weather changed a lot

suddenly hot suddenly cold

It is very hard to know when the Sakura will blossom

a lot of people asked me the same question

when is the best time to go??

When is the Sakura will blossomed??

I wish I am the GOD

Usually the period is Around Early - Mid April

That is the normal period in TOKYO

There is different timing in all over Japan

This year in 2013

The weather gone CRAZY

suddenly hot in the middle of early of spring

that caused all the Sakura blossomed in the Middle of March

That is the biggest shocked I ever had!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 month early......

I am too busy till cannot enjoy my hanami this year

I thought it was on April

＊SAD＊

I bet all those foreigners who bought their ticket to see the Sakura

will be disappointed with that

So conclusion is

depends on LUCK!!!!!

for you guys out of Japan

If you wanna see Sakura

either take the risk 

or take longer holiday

(This is a bit tough though)

so 

Good Luck!!!!!!