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](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vEhR5bn5bUg6xWTGsPKfMWkOQlOzDWq1dZ6VjFHJawTwe-30UCitC_r3aVGulVPYyUm8H3iKCxXsjX8RJtjkeRHo6ozEpC6THSLBju-vU2m_HLg8LiodWyxObkR1H3rM0=s0-d)
![Cherry blossoms at Kanda river 2](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s-Db2tilVyh1gkQ1wng9bCFcy7QocFWjzqvwdv1Cie0BEMbXvVyK_pRmbv-wUyF3Jw1-xm_uZmOloMoBm6C5rTvj-p9Doy0Q29vzO30HfclyEaaxl1IVpeCzfrNQ9vkA=s0-d)
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![Cherry blossoms bathed in sunlight](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s3uEi1VUxIDSSmiAFgvhtgFcNd-sGl_anncYc1bkNCAWqU9HtqBFPTFhtEa7CCEKIN7g682JG9VMA1NQGe9guIzlCUnEsTb5XTkRiemI-qbARl27ZItcdLrknDWvFhx3s=s0-d)
![cherry blossoms outside Toho Studio](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_scMh2TKjNS6epQVaD0cxhAtEru4q1QrWlgSOeXiLyBmoi0Z0LWY7UB10kgw1lHAPZeQFWR1y10Oh3PJl6S3Vfzp_nFozR6JSvdif34KRg-CVXtoSqT_yc5Mq4ORI4gXmg=s0-d)
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.
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.