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Ochiair River with nanohana rape blossoms.
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Ochiair River with rape blossoms.
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Nanohana rape blossoms. In the distance are gift shops.
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Shiodome skyscrapers overwhelm the little tea house
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Nagisa Park in Moriyama, Shiga has this beautiful field of nano-hana rapeseed blossoms blooming in winter from early-Jan. to mid-March at this lakeside park. なぎさ公園 MAP
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About 12,000 flower plants carpet the area in yellow. Free admission.
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Accessible by bus from Moriyama Station.
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Another element making the park spectacular are these numerous, bright-yellow rape blossoms (nanohana).
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Cherry trees on the slope of Matsudayama.
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Lookout deck.
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Walking around the rapeseed blossoms is the main highlight since you also see the cherry blossoms.
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Nanohana and sakura. It seems that my digital camera thought the picture had too much yellow so it tried to compensate by adding a bluish tinge. I had to correct it.
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Such an impressive sight at one of the most famous cherry blossom spots in the Tokyo or Kanto area.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture. Even this is still 80% bloom.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture. The rapeseed blossoms were planted in 1988 where there used to be rice paddies here.
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Rapeseed flowers at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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The cherry blossoms go along the riverbank for 1 km. That's quite long, but it was originally a whopping 6 km long.
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Many of the trees were cut down during WWII for firewood. The ones we see today were planted in 1949.
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Every spring, they show this on the TV news in Tokyo, but it's way more beautiful to see it in person. The place is also a lot bigger than what you see on TV.
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Such a genius to plant rapeseed blossoms next to the cherry blossoms.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Great place to take pictures of your family or love one(s).
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms at Gogendo Park in Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Under the cherries at Satte, Saitama Prefecture.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on a sunny morning of the Tokyo Marathon, Feb. 17, 2008.
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Before the start of the marathon, runners and wheelchair racers warm up in front of the start line.
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Before the start of the marathon, runners and wheelchair racers warm up in front of the start line.
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Runners and wheelchair racers warm up in front of the start line.
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No entry beyond this point. The entire area around the government buildings was restricted and only runners and staff could enter. This is the closest we could get to the start line.
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Crowd near the start line. The lookout deck in nearby skyscrapers like the triangular Sumitomo building was also closed to the public.
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Tokyo Marathon start line in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
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Shiodome Station
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Shiodome skyscrapers
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