impermanence 無常

The long list of things that can be learned from the Japanese people includes  物の哀れ a sensitivity to ephemera

The blossoms last only a week ~ but they’re a metaphor on the impermanence of beauty, another reason to appreciate  them while they’re here

                It’s brief, it’s beautiful 

This year the blossoms were slightly more pink than last year ~~ the view from the Roastery in Nakameguro is truly blissful, I suggest to get there around 6 and line up to enjoy breakfast over the blossoms at 7am. Of the usual viewing places Shinjuku gyoen might be my favourite: the classy park even features a greenhouse. But blossoms can be seen all around Tokyo …

…. and just as quickly as they arrived they left, washed away by some ordinary spring rain 

for pictures of last year click here

for pictures of Hiroshima and Shikoku in spring click here