【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!!!!!!

【駒込】Hanami @ 六義園 (Rikugien)

Tokyo PPS(Play Play See) Time!!!!

One of the beautiful garden around Tokyo

Rikugien 六義園

(more info here  or here)

It is highly recommended during 

Spring Hanami season

(April)

& 

　

Autumn Red Leaves Light Up Illumination season 

(Oct)

The dates are depends on the season comes

Other than the season

Hiking, resting, relaxing, picnic, dating (slow date i think haha)

is recommended

The scenery is very nice 

It has all the thing you need to see for a Japanese Garden

It is located at Komagome

JR Yamanote Line or Metro Nanboku Line

☆☆☆☆☆

I went there during Hanami season

weather is cooling and no winter outfit is required

Just long sleeves with a jacket will do 

Here is the entrance

You will be needed a entrance fee of ￥300

There is a Japanese traditional rest place for photo session

picnic under the sakura (cherry blossom) tree

There is a lot "friendly" pigeons that will shake hand with you

but 

lately there is news that do not go near to pigeons 

as their "shit" is very poisonous 

and will cause decease and sickness to human

In front of the biggest sakura tree

Me and Mek (friend from the Philippines) decided to do some action

She went back Philippine though

so sad (T^T) missed her a lot

so the action......

well weird pose huh

The action is 

JUMP!!!!

This is the pose we wanna take!!

I love Sakura very much!!!

It is so pretty!!!!

After see the real Sakura by my own eyes

I get to know why Japanese loves them so much

But Sakura only last for 1 week after it is fully blossomed

The life span is so short

The garden is very big!!

Sakura tree is all around me!!

Here comes the Japanese Garden style Scenery

The garden is very huge

I think you will at least need 30 minutes- 1 hour to finish walk (in rush)

But since you pay the entrance fee!!!

we should enjoy the scenery and relax with the sakura trees

This is the center of the park

The lake

Another JUMP!!!

 

  

Don doubt it

I am a former Gymnast who trained for 8 years

But it was 10 years ago 

LOL

Although I cannot do any somersault anymore

I only left jumping

Here comes my split on air!!! 

I would wanna get some time to go to the autumn red leaves light up illumination 

this coming autumn

looking forward to it!!

楽しみ！