The rain 2 days ago removed most of the cherry blossoms from sight. How fleeting they were, and how hard it is to not feel a tinge of melancholy to know that I won't see them for another year.
![Cherry blossoms at Kanda river](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4521490642_8bd88fa6cb.jpg)
![Cherry blossoms at Kanda river 2](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4520855863_9b95df5256.jpg)
![Cherry blossoms at Kanda river 3](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/4520856879_f6b0e2b51f.jpg)
![Cherry blossoms bathed in sunlight](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4520857363_47c0f344af.jpg)
![cherry blossoms outside Toho Studio](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4521494050_0539dc3345.jpg)
I returned to Japan last year in mid-April, so I missed the cherry blossoms. I realized that the last time I saw them was 2 years ago when I first got here.
I remember what awed me the most two years ago were the sight of cherry blossom petals covering the Kanda River near the place I stay. The river almost turned entirely to pink.
This year I tried to capture it on video.
Click here if you can't see embedded video
But somehow, I wondered whether I was deceived by my memories, the river never seemed as filled up as I remembered. Had I been idealizing my memories of two years ago. As I wrote this post, and check (the surprisingly beautiful) photos of 2008, I realize that there were indeed more cherry blossom petals floating in the river.
There were indeed less cherry blossom petals in the river this year. That's a little worrisome.
If only I had been less busy, I would have gone to places like Yoyogi Park, or Ueno Park, or perhaps Inokashira Park (that's where KINGYO was shot), or the park in Shinjuku, recommended by a friend, just to see more of them. Pity.
![Cherry blossoms at Kanda river](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4521490642_8bd88fa6cb.jpg)
![Cherry blossoms at Kanda river 2](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4520855863_9b95df5256.jpg)
![Cherry blossoms at Kanda river 3](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/4520856879_f6b0e2b51f.jpg)
![Cherry blossoms bathed in sunlight](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4520857363_47c0f344af.jpg)
![cherry blossoms outside Toho Studio](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4521494050_0539dc3345.jpg)
I returned to Japan last year in mid-April, so I missed the cherry blossoms. I realized that the last time I saw them was 2 years ago when I first got here.
I remember what awed me the most two years ago were the sight of cherry blossom petals covering the Kanda River near the place I stay. The river almost turned entirely to pink.
This year I tried to capture it on video.
Click here if you can't see embedded video
But somehow, I wondered whether I was deceived by my memories, the river never seemed as filled up as I remembered. Had I been idealizing my memories of two years ago. As I wrote this post, and check (the surprisingly beautiful) photos of 2008, I realize that there were indeed more cherry blossom petals floating in the river.
There were indeed less cherry blossom petals in the river this year. That's a little worrisome.
If only I had been less busy, I would have gone to places like Yoyogi Park, or Ueno Park, or perhaps Inokashira Park (that's where KINGYO was shot), or the park in Shinjuku, recommended by a friend, just to see more of them. Pity.