Sakura In Tokyo

A picture is worth 1000 words!! (This one I had to downsize to fit in here. This is panoramic view photo taken using Canon S3IS)

I was very lucky to be in Tokyo during Sakura Season. First let me tell you something about Sakura. Sakura is a name of flower. It starts blooming at the start of spring and withers in approximately 2 weeks. It blooms only once in a year. So spring along with Sakura is supposed to be start of new good things.

When Sakura blooms, the scenery looks so beautiful...the trees are full of Sakura flowers. You can't even see any of the leaves...there are only flowers! The beauty just can not expressed in to words. (That's why I have put some pictures :-) ).

Japanese people enjoy Sakura flowers with party called "OHanami" or "Hanami". Hanami is a way of enjoying beauty of flowers. People sing, dance, eat and mainly drink lots of osake or beer! To View all the photos click following album Cover

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Photos shown above are from place called Kudan shita. Indian Embassy in Tokyo is in this area. There was one event called Sakura Bazar arranged at this place especially for Indians. There was Indian Food and Indian Music. Also 2007 being Indo-Japanese friendship year there were many events arranged. Unfortunately I missed this Sakuara Bazar event...but I have got some video clips of that event. Please check following videos.

This one is not related to Sakura...but just could not resist posting it here! Enjoy !!