Our apartment was in Shinjuku so that’s where we spent most of our time. Which turned out perfect because it was my favorite part of the city. Theres all these great alley ways, stores and restaurant. Every where you turned, there was something new and interesting to see.
Shinjuku Gyoen park is the perfect place to view the cherry blossoms. The first time we tried to go, it was closed. We only had an hour the second time we went. And this was taken on the third attempt. But somehow we’d still get lost whenever we tried to go. I’d put it into our GPS and Shinjuku Gyoen sounded like Shinjuku”jail”. I was startled me every time I heard it.
I’m so glad I brought my winter jacket to Japan because it was cold most of the time we were there. Cloudy, windy with some rain off and on. I think the clouds made for better images but the most disappointing part about it was that the cherry blossoms weren’t blooming like I thought they’d be. The tree on the left was one of the most beautiful trees we saw so I’m glad we still got to see a little sneak peak of them.
I heard the cherry blossoms will be peaking soon in DC! Wishing everyone back home beautiful light and new fun experiences <3
Biggest tips to photographing the Washington DC cherry blossoms:
So yesterday Park Services moved up their cherry blossom peak prediction to the end of March. With the super warm weather we’ve been having I’m not surprised. It makes me a little sad that I may not be here for the cherry blossoms in DC but it looks like we’ll be right on time for the cherry blossoms in Tokyo!! I can’t wait to check out the real deal in Japan! It’s been on my vision board for over a year and it’s actually happening. Less than 2 weeks til our trip 😀
