The second time I was in Japan during Easter. I admired the cherry blossoms at the beginning of their full bloom in Osaka and Kyoto. At the end of this time, I witnessed in Tokyo where many of the petals were on the ground, creating a completely different mood - excluding the first two days of "downpour" in Tokyo.
Ōsaka Castle
Match 30th
Firstly, we went to the castle - it was much busier than two months ago!
Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park, Ōsaka
March 30th
Philosopher's Path, Kyōto
March 31st
Asukayama Park, Tōkyō
April 1st
We spent our first evening in Tōkyō not far from the hotel in a park that had set up "cherry blossom illuminiation".
Meiji Shrine, Tōkyō
April 2nd
First day in Tōkyō and it was just wet...
Yoyogi Park, Tōkyō
April 2nd
Since we haven't gotten wet enough, we continued to Yoyogi Park. In theory, they are adjacent to each other, but in practice, we walked around once since we didn't find the entrance right away...
Hasedera, Kamakura
April 3rd
Second day, just as much rain, but with a touch of wind and spare socks in the backpack.
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Kamakura Daibutsu, Kamakura
April 3rd
The largest free-standing Buddha statue.
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, Kamakura
April 3rd
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Kenchō-ji, Kamakura
April 3rd
Lastly, we were in a temple compelx, and when we left, it had finally stopped raining and the sun was shining again.
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Imperial Palast, Tōkyō
April 4th
As good toursits, we also checked out the Imperial Palast.
Shinjuku-gyoen Garden, Tōkyō
April 4th
Ueno Zoo, Tōkyō
April 6th
Our last excursion took us to Ueno Zoo. Besides the fact that I really like going to zoos, the pandas were a good reason to do so in Japan too.
Unfortunately, the weather was often very wet on this day too...
