#Prunus yedoensis 'Akebono' #sakura ... the city pruned the trees in our local park so I took home a couple of branches to bloom. The kitchen is perfumed with sweet almond.
#Prunus yedoensis 'Akebono' #sakura ... the city pruned the trees in our local park so I took home a couple of branches to bloom. The kitchen is perfumed with sweet almond.

Kawazu Sakura in Takaido Park🌸

#桜 #flowers #Sakura #photography

I gave a whirlwind tour of little-known gems of Kyōto Prefecture to an Indian woman who teaches at a university up in Kanazawa. She was glad to update my outdated knowledge of India, although her context was urban and upper middle class. These photos are of southeastern Kyōto Prefecture, where we saw the unusual early-blossoming Kawazu-zakura (河津桜) in Yodo (淀) and the revered Shintō shrine Iwashimizu Hachimangū (石清水八幡宮) that covers a whole big hill.

The first batch of photos featured plum blossoms and a blue heron at the strolling garden of the shrine Umenomiya Taisha in the Arashiyama area of Kyōto, permalink: https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty/116108903386406680

By the way, the banner on my profile page https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty shows the most beautiful scene of plum blossoms to my knowledge, in late February at the Jōnangū former palace grounds in southern Kyōto City.

#Japan #Kyoto #India #Shinto #shrine #cherry #sakura #blossoms #nature #culture #architecture #sightseeing #travel #photography #photos

Sakura in Inokashira West Park🌸

#井の頭公園 #桜 #flowers #Sakura #photography