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March 9, 2013

Shinjuku Gyoen Park (March 8th)




Cerasus × kanzakura (Kan-zakura).


     We went to Shinjuku Gyoen Park and enjoyed seeing some cherry blossoms.
They bloom more than we expected.

新宿御苑に行ってきました。カンザクラが満開でした。
他にも、カワヅザクラなども咲いていました。

 Stellaria media (Ko-hakobe).

There were lots of white flowers.

 They were Narcissus flowers.

 Most of them were pure white one, but some of them were like this.
These are Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon-zuisen) flowers.

Cerasus cerasoides var. campanulata (Kan-hi-zakura).

Cerasus × kanzakura (Kan-zakura).
They were pretty much in their peak!

Cerasus × kanzakura (Kan-zakura).
こんなに咲いてるとは思ってませんでした。

Cerasus × kanzakura (Kan-zakura).

Cerasus × kanzakura (Kan-zakura).

Prunus mume (Ume).

Prunus mume (Ume).

Viola japonica (Ko Sumire).
コスミレも咲いてました。

Prunus mume (Ume).

Cerasus lannesiana (Kawazu-zakura).

Cerasus lannesiana (Kawazu-zakura).

April 7, 2012

Shinjuku Gyoen Park, Tokyo (April 6th)

 
Prunus x yedoensis cv. Amagi-yoshino x Prunus campanulata "Youkou" (陽光).

      After walking around Chidori-ga-fuchi, we moved to Shinjuku Gyoen Park for more cherry blossoms.  It is only 3 stops from Kudan-shita sta. to Shinjuku-3-chome sta. on Toei-Shinjuku line.  There were lots of people there, too.  And quite a few foreigners were visiting there.
      Before getting to the ticket machine, the guards checked the inside of every visitors' bags to make it sure that they don't bring in any alcohol drinks.  Weird!
      In the park there were lots of kinds of cherry blossoms blooming.  Someiyoshino cherry blossoms were not yet in peak, but still we could enjoy them.

千鳥ヶ淵をぐるっと散策した後、九段下から新宿3丁目に移動。新宿御苑に行ってきました。
こちらもものすごい人で賑わっていました。驚いたのは、門のところで、警備の人がバッグの中身をチェックしていたこと…アルコール持ち込み禁止なんだそうで、そこまでするんですね…
ソメイヨシノはまだ満開ではありませんが、十分楽しめます。何よりこちらはいろんな品種の桜が楽しめるのもよかったです。都内でアクセスしやすいからか、外国の方もたくさん桜を見に訪れていました。
 
Prunus x yedoensis (Someiyoshino).
There were lots and lots of people!

 
Prunus x yedoensis (Someiyoshino).
たくさんの人がお花見してますが、皆さん、ノンアルコールなんでしょうね…

 
Prunus x yedoensis (Someiyoshino).

 
Prunus x yedoensis cv. America.

 
Prunus x yedoensis cv. America.
この「アメリカ」 という品種…ほんのりピンクがきれいでした。

 
Cerasus carmesina (Himaraya-hi-zakura).
遠目から見ても印象的な紅色でした。

 
Lots of pansies were planted so close to each other.
こんなにびっちり植えると面白いですね。

 
Three kinds of cherry blossoms were blooming!
ソメイヨシノ、陽光、オオシマザクラ3種の競演。

 
Cerasus speciosa (Ooshima-zakura).

 
Cerasus speciosa (Ooshima-zakura).

 
Prunus x yedoensis cv. Amagi-yoshino x Prunus campanulata "Youkou" (陽光).
この濃いピンクの「陽光」という品種が目立っていました。

 
Prunus x yedoensis cv. Amagi-yoshino x Prunus campanulata "Youkou" (陽光).

 
Cerasus spachiana f. spachiana (Shidare-zakura).
このシダレザクラも風に吹かれてきれいでしたよ。

 
Cerasus spachiana f. spachiana (Shidare-zakura).

 
Cerasus spachiana f. spachiana (Shidare-zakura).

 
Cerasus spachiana f. spachiana (Shidare-zakura).

 
In this park you can see quite a few kinds of cherry blossoms.

 
There is Japanese gardens with ponds in the park.
千鳥ヶ淵、新宿御苑と都会の桜を堪能した一日となりました。

March 29, 2010

Shinjuku Gyoen (March 29th)


Cherry "Someiyoshino".

We went to Shinjuku Gyoen to see some cherry blossoms. It was a little too early for the peak but several kinds of them were already blooming. Unfortunately it started to rain a bit and it was pretty cold all day.


Prunus x yedoensis cv. Amerika.




The white flower one... Probably Cerasus speciosa (Ooshima-zakura).








Cerasus speciosa (Ooshima-zakura).


The white one is probably Cerasus speciosa (Ooshima-zakura) & the pink one is Prunus cv. Youkou (=Prunus x yedoensis cv. Amagai-yoshino x P. campanulata) (Youkou, 陽光).




Prunus cv. Youkou.




Prunus cv. Youkou.




Prunus jamasakura cv. Kenrokuen-kumagai x P. campanulata (Yokohama Hi-zakura).