Beyond the cherry blossoms

Pink things that only appear during The Season Sure, the cherry trees are pretty in pink, but The Season offers far more delights (and horrors) than elbowing a million other flower fanatics out of the way for that perfect shot. For example… The sublime: Things lit up in pink at night These buildings deck themselvesContinueContinue reading “Beyond the cherry blossoms”

The cherry blossoms of your dreams…a month after all the rest are history

Hirosaki Castle in Aomori Prefecture See all the crowds? Me neither Cherry blossom season is legendary for good reason—even I have to admit that the pinkness in all its glory WILL take your breath away—but the downside of that is that everybody in the world knows it too. From the middle of March to theContinueContinue reading “The cherry blossoms of your dreams…a month after all the rest are history”