Spring, Sakura and Hanami Parties
 

We are now heading into Spring and it's this time of year I really start to long to see green grass and colour come back into the landscape. As you can see from the photo below I took this afternoon from my bedroom window though, we up in this part of Hokkaido have a long wait to see anything like that. So I was hoping others from milder parts of the country down south (or in other countries) can post some photos of Spring, the sakura and the hanami parties you go to. It'll help keep me going for the next 6 or 7 weeks before the snow here melts away!

Hi GoNative! It's Cayla!! You might not remember me at all but...
I just wanted to bring up the fact that you take TOTALLY AWSOME PICTURES!! How are you so good at that? Ha. so anyway that picture is good.:)

This is so pretty. I've never seen snow. I seriously want to before I die even though I get allergic reactions in cold weather. I wanted to ask if I could save this picture rather than just doing it without permission. I wouldn't use it or anything. I just really would like to have it around my computer because it's just so pretty.

*plooka plooka*

so hanami in hokkado is in summer? :confused:

Wooowww
 

Woooww, I'm from Iceland and I've never seen so much snow :O...Unless you count a glacier...
Are you studying in Hokkaido or do you just live there with a job?
Nice picture BTW :)

Here is one for you...

Ah very nice Nyororin! That's what I'm looking for. Thanks for that! ;)

We are heading down to Kyoto and Nara later this week and I'm really looking forward to it.

A month on from the photo above the snow is melting pretty rapidly now but we still have a way to go as you can see below (pic taken just minutes ago). The sakura up here doesn't usually come out until the 2nd week of May.

I hope you make it in time to catch things in bloom - the trees are already in full bloom here and we start a bit later than Kyoto. By next week they`ll be gone...

Just a few more shots;

Nyororin very beautiful photos! may I ask where you are located? Do you think they'll still be there on wednesday in Tokyo?

These are in Kiyosu. I live fairly near there.

I have no idea about Tokyo as I`m nowhere close, but I imagine that even if they were in full bloom right now they would still mostly be there on Wednesday. Of course I`m sure that the number of people out seeing them will be incredible...

Here is the nationwide sakura map. Click to zoom in on the area and you can see the status of the sakura around there.

The next and Kanagawa Prefecture in Tokyo.
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Not too worried about the sakura. It'll just be nice to be someplace warm that has no snow on the ground!

Thank you nyororin for the link! the site couldn't be translated by google translate though.. :) lovely photos!

thank you also Siokan!

It doesn`t have much text. Just click on the map to zoom in to where you are interested in and look at the color codes. Red is full bloom - the colors above red on the key are stages before full bloom, the colors after are after full bloom.

The first one is really good!!