JapaneseCulture

Hanami

Hanami (花見 – flower, see) is a Japanese tradition where people enjoys contemplating flowers. People goes wherever there are blossomed trees and do picnics below them. The most important hanami season happens when the cherry trees blossom (Sakura), it happened here in Tokyo two weeks ago and it’s finished by now. This year we had an splendid weather and I had the chance to visit many places with beautiful sakura in Tokyo. Here are some pictures I took in Asakusa, Shinjuku Gyoen, Yoyogi, Naka-Meguro and Meiji Jingu.

hanami sakura

hanami sakura
Ale taking pictures with his Caplio R7.

hanami sakura

hanami sakura
This is the queue to enter Shinjuku-gyoen.

hanami sakura

18 replies on “Hanami”

¡Que barbaridad!

I so want higher rez versions of some of those… o_0

Your pictures are great. Some of the best Hanami pictures I have seen. That last picture is of Asakusa, correct? I believe the Sakura above the shops are fake also but it still looks very nice.

Great shots!

I’d wanted to see the Nakameguro Yozakura… but didn’t have enough time.. I wonder if the lights are still on…?

By the way, what kind of camera did you use? 🙂

Incredibly beautiful landscape and lighting at night. Don’t see stuff like that in Coral Gables 🙁

I love #9.. the complete mass of people congregrating over this heavenly white, its natures rock concert yo.

Beautiful pictures… they really are amazing! Thank you for sharing them :]

Nice photos. I was in Nakameguro this weekend. Just past their prime but still nice. also a great place to spend time.

Jon; your comment is gonna make my day 😉

theshadow99; you can get the higher res versions from my flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/torek/

Real Beautiful Pictures :O

When I’m in Tokyo again and if you’re free, let’s meet up to do a photoshoot! 🙂

Wow your photos are so pretti. Hanami viewings is great! WIsh I was there.

Once again fantastic photos Hector, you have absolutely captured what is so special about this season to all the people that live here.

Qualche settimana fá ho visto in tv líndirizzo di questo blog;e presa dalla curiositá sono venuta a sbirciare un po`.Sono senza parole!realmente le foto sono bellissime,tanto per l`imaggine rappresentata come artisticamente.complimenti.

Would I be able to use one of your photos, and link to your blog in a post of mine?

Wonderful images! Really like how you’ve captured the culture of hanami.
I have made a map of the 100 best places in Japan for sakura/hanami (at maps.google.com and would love your comment!