seasons

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midspring
陽春 yôshun (poet.)

Period of time: about April
Characteristic features: end of night frost,
cherry trees in full bloom, flower-viewing parties

see also
cherry- and plum blossoms / Japan Images


D 239 416
boating trip and cherry blossoms - Kyôto
midspring / seasons
D 239 418
cherry blossoms and woman beside river - Kyôto
midspring / seasons

D 273 927
blooming cherry tree / castle park - Nagoya City
midspring / seasons
D 273 889
blooming cherry tree / Nô theatre - Nagoya  (2)
midspring / seasons
D 273 894
blooming cherry tree / Nô theatre - Nagoya  (3)
midspring / seasons

D 273 936
camelia - Tsurumai Park / Nagoya
midspring / seasons
D 273 938
camelia - Tsurumai Park / Nagoya  (2)
midspring / seasons
D 274 060
azalea - Nagoya
midspring / seasons

D 273 881
cherry tree / Nô theatre - Stadt Nagoya
midspring / seasons
D 273 882
cherry tree / Nô theatre - Nagoya  (2)
midspring / seasons
D 273 883
cherry tree / Nô theatre - Nagoya  (3)
midspring / seasons

D 273 885
cherry tree / Nô theatre - Nagoya  (4)
midspring / seasons
D 273 888
cherry tree / Nô theatre - Nagoya  (5)
midspring / seasons
D 273 886
cherry tree / Nô theatre - Nagoya  (6)
midspring / seasons

J 229 189
blossom + torii - Beppu
midspring / seasons
J 216 031
temple - Kyôto City
midspring / seasons

J 260 396
blooming cherry tree + dry garden - Ryôan-ji temple / Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 216 047
blooming cherry trees - Daikaku-ji temple / Kyôto
midspring / seasons

J 216 050
blossom + boat - Kyôto
midspring / seasons
H 233 053
blooming cherry tree - Heian-jingû shrine / Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 260 378
Tôdai-ji temple - Nara
midspring / seasons

J 260 373
Tôdai-ji temple - Nara  (2)
midspring / seasons
J 260 391
Tôdai-ji - Nara  (3)
midspring / seasons

J 216 176
cherry blossoms above a pond
midspring / seasons
J 216 168
cherry blossoms in a garden
midspring / seasons

D 239 346
cherry blossoms at the National Museum of Modern Art - Stadt Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 216 167
cherry blossoms - detail
midspring / seasons

J 216 226
blooming cherry tree - Himeji City
midspring / seasons
J 216 239
blooming cherry tree - Usuki City
midspring / seasons

J 216 057
Nagahama-jô castle / Nagahama
midspring / seasons

J 216 042a
Daikaku-ji temple / Kyôto City
midspring / seasons

J 210 047
Hôkoku-jinja shrine / Ôsaka City
midspring / seasons

J 216 057
blooming trees - North of Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 216 065
cherry tree beside river - North of Kyôto
midspring / seasons

J 222 019
cherry tree + samurai - Iwakuni City
midspring / seasons
J 216 042
Daikaku-ji / Kyôto  (2)
midspring / seasons

J 229 206
cherry tree - Beppu
midspring / seasons
J 229 204
cherry blossoms - Beppu
midspring / seasons
J 259 008
Tôkyô City Hall - Shinjuku / Tôkyô
midspring / seasons

J 216 221
cherry blossom + castle wall - Himeji City
midspring / seasons
J 216 186
cherry blossom + castle wall - Himeji  (2)
midspring / seasons

J 259 451
cherry tree - Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 216 013
cherry tree - Maruyama Park / Kyôto
midspring / seasons
C 354 009
blooming tree +  bamboo forest
midspring / seasons

J 261 112
cherry tree - Moto-Hakone
midspring / seasons

J 216 002
blooming tree in the country side
midspring / seasons

D 239 145
blooming tree + temple halls - Mitsuke
midspring / seasons
D 239 144
blooming tree + temple halls - Mitsuke  (2)
midspring / seasons
D 239 146
blooming tree + temple hall - Mitsuke  (3)
midspring / seasons

D 239 145
blooming tree + temple hall - Mitsuke  (4)
midspring / seasons
D 239 146
blooming tree + temple halls - Mitsuke  (5)
midspring / seasons

D 239 145
blooming tree + traditional building - Mitsuke
midspring / seasons
D 239 151
sake offering - cask sake = taruzake + cherry tree - Mitsuke
midspring / seasons

D 215 392
Heian-jingû shrine - Kyôto
midspring / seasons
D 215 391
stroll garden of Heian-jingû - Kyôto  (2)
midspring / seasons

J 260 374
Tôdai-ji temple - Nara City
midspring / seasons
J 260 370
Tôdai-ji - Nara  (2)
midspring / seasons

D 239 408
cherry blossoms in Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 261 414
Kamigamo-jinja shrine - Kyôto
midspring / seasons

J 216 061
cherry blossoms - Northern Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 216 034
Maruyama Park - Kyôto City
midspring / seasons
D 215 333
cherry tree in Ryôan-ji temple - Kyôto
midspring / seasons

cherry blossom festival = "flower viewing"
花見  hanami

J 259 066
cherry blossom festival - Ueno Park / Tôkyô
midspring / seasons
J 259 071
cherry blossom festival - Ueno Park / Tôkyô  (2)
midspring / seasons
J 259 065
cherry blossom festival - Ueno Park  (3)
midspring / seasons

J 259 075
cherry blossom festival - Ueno Park  (4)
midspring / seasons
J 259 056
cherry blossom festival - Ueno Park / Tôkyô  (5)
midspring / seasons
J 259 071a
cherry blossom festival - Ueno Park  (6)
midspring / seasons

J 259 077
cherry blossom festival - Ueno Park / Tôkyô  (7)
midspring / seasons
J 259 074
cherry blossom festival - Ueno Park / Tôkyô  (8)
midspring / seasons

J 216 084
cherry blossom festival - Maruyama Park / Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 261 088
Maruyama Park / Kyôto  (2)
midspring / seasons

April rain

J 231 232
Takeshita-dôri - Harajuku / Tôkyô
midspring / seasons
J 223 300
Asakusa-kannon temple - Tôkyô
midspring / seasons
J 230 296
Takeshita-dôri Harajuku - Tôkyô  (2)
midspring / seasons

J 231 374
path to Kiyomizu-dera temple - Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 231 364
temple visiting in rain - Kyôto City
midspring / seasons
J 231 373
path to Kiyomizu-dera temple - Kyôto  (2)
midspring / seasons

J 260 399
tetsugaku no michi "path of philiosophy" - Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 231 384
path beside Kiyomizu-dera - Kyôto
midspring / seasons

J 231 368
young couple / rain - Kyôto
midspring / seasons
J 231 392
elder couple / rain - Kyôto  (2)
midspring / seasons
J 231 392
path to Kiyomizu-dera - Kyôto  (3)
midspring / seasons

J 231 387
path to Kiyomizu-dera - Kyôto  (4)
midspring / seasons
J 231 391
path to Kiyomizu-dera - Kyôto  (5)
midspring / seasons