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The responsible to declare the start of the sakura blossom season in Tokyo announced it last Sunday, just after 11:00 a.m. when he counted how many flowers had bloomed in the representative cherry tree that is checked every year at Yasukuni temple.

The man counted six flowers and the meteorological agency pronounced the official opening of the sakura blossoms in the city. It’s been 50 years since the sakura hadn’t blossomed so early in Tokyo, as the first cherry tree flowers at Yasukuni temple are usually not seen until the last week of March. This early blossom has confused some people, which are used to the sakura season starting timely every year. It was strange that the sakura blossomed before the end of the winter.

If you have Easter holidays in your country and are visiting Japan you are lucky! For us living here in Tokyo we have to bring forward our hanami plans.

The other day I was walking around Nakameguro, one of the best places to take photos of Sakura in Tokyo and I took some photos with my Instagram:

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If you are in Tokyo at the moment, there is a Hello Kitty show that can be seen every afternoon from the beach at Odaiba until the 22nd of this month. The show commemorates the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Sanrio, the company that created Hello Kitty.

At the last Tokyo CGM Night I decided to bring my camera and take some pictures. In the previous editions of the event I was too busy helping to organize.

Tokyo CGM Night is a monthly event and is organized by Danny Choo together with Andrew Shuttleworth.

CGM = Consumer Generated Media and Tokyo CGM Night is an event dedicated to folks who truly understand and excel in CGM – the result being millions of unique users and page views per month. Apart from the most awesome bloggers and vloggers, the best in the IT, media and entertainment industry are also mixed in to form an incredible recipe of Bodacious Harmonious Awesomeness. My vision is for CGMers and Industry folks to seek ways to either work with each other or gain new friendships while having a groovesome time.

Danny Chooand Andrew Shuttleworth preparing the show.

Eye-fi presentation.

Star Wars figurines give aways.

Jonny was very nice explaining me how to use an SB-800.

Derek Arnwine, he showed up at the CGM Night. He was one of the first persons who thought me some advanced functions in my Nikon D40 a while ago. Thanks sensei!

Chris Gaunt, he was pretty good at staying still!

See you at the next Tokyo CGM Night!

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