Category: PLACES

Sakura 2018: Showa Kinen Park

Visit Date: 03/27/2018 (Best Time: early to mid April)

Showa Kinen Park is one of the largest park in Tokyo and also one of the best hanami spot with its 1,500 cherry trees and spacious lawns. There are 2 best cherry blossoms areas in the park: one is in the Flower Tree Garden which is located to the east of Waterfowl Lake near the Nishi-Tachikawa Gate and the other is to the west of “Open Field”.

Majority of the trees has just started to blossom and thanks to the warm and sunny weather through out the week, these flowers might be in full bloom by the weekend.

Lovely cherry flowers are progressively blooming along the dry canal.

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Sakura 2018: Shinjuku Gyoen

Visit Date: 03/26/2018 (Best Time: early to mid April)

Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑) is one of the most popular parks in Tokyo as it is just about 1.5 kilometers or a short 20 minutes walk from Shinjuku Station. It provides a relaxing and tranquil atmosphere in the center of the busy city.

The park has a large variety of cherry trees that typically bloom at different times which lead to the park’s relatively long viewing period. After another warm weekend, most of the Somei Yoshino has reached full bloom and with a warm and mostly sunny forecast ahead this week, the blossoms should be at their best viewing all week and likely into next weekend (pending any inclement weather).

Beautiful landscape of colors viewed from the middle pond.

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Sakura 2018: Inokashira Park

Visit Date: 03/25/2018 (Best Time: early April)

Inokashira Park (井の頭恩賜公園) is a 43-hectares park located on the western side of Tokyo, which sits on both Mitaka and Musashino cities. It is easily accessible via the lively Kichijoji neighborhood. The park’s large pond is one of the favorite sakura spot in Tokyo with its 250 cherry trees lining up its banks.

The warmer weather over the past few days lead to the blossoming of sakura buds. The trees around the pond were 50-70% in bloom and looked very pretty.

Lovely cherry blossoms dangling over the pond.

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Kiyose Sunflower Festival 2017

20% of Kiyose City’s land area remains agricultural which makes it a great producer of crops such as wheat, cucumber, eggplant, spinach, carrots, and more. But every year, about 100,000 sunflowers are planted on a 2.4 hectares land which creates a  brilliant yellow field under the dazzling summer sun.

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Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, bringing you back in time

Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar located in Bagac, Bataan is a unique showcase of Spanish-Filipino heritage and craftsmanship. Original architectural pieces from the 17th through the 19th century Spanish colonial period, from different parts of the country, where collected and reassembled to provide a 4-star accommodation.

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