April in Tokyo

Here is a photo album of pictures from Tokyo in April. Beautiful spring flowers.

The photos are from April 2017 but if you hurry, you could still get there to see what it is like in 2024: 

Classical Japanese design

Modern Tokyo

along an outdoor, second story walkway

Old

and new

Of course I focused on the plants

Japanese maples leafing out

Big clones of iris, growing rapidly

Violets flowering in the moss. Note the spike of new bamboo growth to the right of the violets, coming up like a spear with a flag on top.

International weeds were flowering. This is shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris

Oriental poppies grew as weeds:

Tokyo has parks planted with spring-flowering trees for the enjoyment of the public,

which provide very scenic views, the modern city as the background.

There were hundreds of the flowering trees (plums, cherries and more) that they are famous for

And, some trees were still dormant. I think these are sycamores

Another lovely view

A rock so ugly it is beautiful

Azaleas were blooming, 

and some irises

I can't show the pleasant weather or the scents of the flowers. It was quite glorious. Go see it if you can.

Comments and corrections welcome. 

Kathy Keeler

A Wandering Botanist

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