Northern Kyoto sakura (North of Imadegawa Street) are in fine bloom right now. Anything south of Imadegawa is fading and falling now, which is beautiful in it’s own way and worth seeing.
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A little early look at the sakura along Tetsugaku no michi, The Philosopher’s Path, in northeastern Kyoto.

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Omiya Kotsu Koen
This park has go-karts on simulated city streets with traffic signals and crosswalks for kids to learn about traffic safety. Also an old steam locomotive and old streetcars from Kyoto, pedal carts. It’s a good place for a o-hanami because there is a grass-covered knoll with many sakura. They weren’t in bloom yet, but a giant shidarezakura, weeping cherry, in another corner, was in beautiful full bloom. We had a picnic under this shidarezakura, which was in full bloom earlier than Yoshino sakura. Then a little sleet started …

I’m going to be offering a Kyoto Sakura DVD for sale this spring for the first time. Music composed, performed and licensed by Kevin Macleod.

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