Sakura 2017 - Meguro River

2017/04/07

It is the Sakura season again.

After a not-so-cold-winter, finally the Sakura had decided to bloom with the best timing. As the weather suddenly became cold, the peak was little delayed to the mid week. The peak was actually predicted to be over the weekend of 1st and 2nd April.

The path to walk was marked this year, so there was no traffic. It was less crowded compared to the previous years.

It is my favorite spot around Tokyo, the Meguro river.

The captions may be similar to the ones of the previous years.

As usual, Sakura was in full bloom. Pink everywhere! Japan like, this is..!

The Meguro river was flowing serenely under the Sakura tunnel. Loved it!! More like, I was never tired of it!So far this is my favorite photo this year.

Sakura is blocking the view of the Sakura tunnel. You can keep gazing at the water below for such a long time following the Sakura petals fallen to the water. It is very beautiful and calm. There are boutiques, people drinking around you, walking around taking pictures, but the world is so very calm under Sakura!
What a magic..

The Meguro river lamps bringing down the pink shade of Sakura down towards the earth. Finally it is a caption of a Sakura flower peeking behind a Meguro river lamp.

Special thanks to Yokosuka-san, Swarna and Vijay for the beautiful time together.

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