Tama Forest Science Garden, Takao (April 10th)

Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura).
It was really a lovely day today.

We went to see cherry blossoms at Tama Forest Science Garden in Takao.
They have lots of kinds of cherry blossoms and it is hard to choose which one to show on this website. Here is some extract of the hundreds of pictures I took today.


Prunus lannesiana cv. Shirotae （白妙）.


Prunus lannesiana cv. Shirotae （白妙）.


Cerasus × yedoensis ‘Kichijouji’　（吉祥寺）.


Cerasus jamasakura ‘Sanozakura’ （佐野桜）.


Prunus lannesiana var. speciosa （大島桜, Ooshima-zakura）.


Prunus × yedoensis cv. Amagi-yoshino × P. campanulata （陽光,Youkou）.

Prunus × yedoensis cv. Amagi-yoshino × P. campanulata （陽光,Youkou）.




Prunus lannesiana ‘Mikurumakaisi’ （御車返し）.


Prunus lannesiana ‘Mikurumakaisi’ （御車返し）.


Prunus lannesiana ‘Mikurumakaisi’ （御車返し）.
This one has bigger flowers and looks really gorgeous.


Prunus jamasakura 'Kinugasa' （衣笠）.


Prunus lannesiana ‘Komatsunagi’ （駒繫）.


Prunus lannesiana ‘Komatsunagi’ （駒繫）.


Prunus × yedoensis cv. Sotoorihime （衣通姫）.


Prunus × yedoensis cv. Sotoorihime （衣通姫）.




Prunus pendula ‘Pleno-rosea’ （八重紅枝垂, Yae-beni-shidare）.


Prunus jamasakura 'Kenrokuen-Kumagai' （兼六園熊谷）.


Prunus jamasakura 'Kenrokuen-Kumagai' （兼六園熊谷）.


Prunus jamasakura 'Kenrokuen-Kumagai' （兼六園熊谷）.


Cerasus serrulata ‘Juniyae’ （従二八重桜）.

Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana f. variegata (Fuiri-hina-sumire).








Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane-sumire).

Mitaka (April 8th)

Today we went out to take some pictures of the full moon.
It is interesting to play with the new camera.


It might be not bright enough, but I like this one, too.

ICU, Nogawa Park and Musashino Park (April 5th)

The main entrance road of ICU.
Lots of people were visiting the place today.

We went to Hanami in our neighborhood; ICU, Nogawa Park and Musashino Park.
Cherry blossoms were in their peak, so we took bunch of pictures.
We had lunch with nice Sake under a cherry tree at the Musashino Park.


At the ICU... The new camera can take nice close-up pictures.


Gentiana zollingeri (Fude Rindou) at the ICU.


Gentiana zollingeri (Fude Rindou) at the ICU.


Viola sororia at the ICU.


Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire).


Viola grypoceras f. variegata (Akafu Tachitsubo Sumire).


At the ICU.


Gentiana zollingeri (Fude Rindou) at the ICU.


Viola mandshurica (Sumire) by the road beside Nogawa Park.


Viola betonicifolia var. albescens (Ariake Sumire) by the road beside Nogawa Park.


Gentiana zollingeri (Fude Rindou).
We found only one white one this year beside Nogawa Park.


At Nogawa Park. The greens became more vivid now.


At Musashino Park.


At Musashino Park.


Peach at Musashino Park.


Another kind of peach at Musashino Park.


At Musashino Park.


At Musashino Park.


At Musashino Park.


At Musashino Park.


At Musashino Park.


Young maple leaves at Nogawa Park.

Mitaka (April 4th)

My friend gave me an amazing new camera for my early birthday present. And I tried the cherry picture in the darkness of the night, which turned out to be really nice.