Line Friends Store: Spring Sakura Items

Japan is full of pink and sakura items all across the country in the spring time. Even the LINE FRIENDS store is sooooo pink and cute. 

I miss shopping in Japan so much. Hoping to be able to go back again soon in spring 2021. For now I will have to live with looking at these pictures on my blog. I hope they make you feel a little happier looking at all these cute and pink stuff. 

Window display at the Harajuku store. So pink and cute! (✿ ♥‿♥)

  

Cherry Blossoms At Shinjuku Gyoen Park

I visited Shinjuku Gyoen Park without expecting to see cherry blossoms there because I have expected they have all fallen off already. But to my surprise, there were these different kind of sakura that were in full bloom on the day of when I decided to go to Shinjuku Gyoen Park and I was so lucky and fortunate to be able to see them.

Although I have to say it was the worst weather to see them that day as well due to this huge wind storm in Tokyo. The wind was SO STRONG that it was blowing everything off the ground. There was also several times when the wind was blowing all the petals off the sakura trees creating this "raining sakura" view that you'd see in Japanese anime, dramas, and movies and it was such a beautiful and romantic view. If only the wind was not so strong and blowing everything at my face (including all the sand and dust on the ground) that I had to close my eyes each time to prevent becoming blind. (-___-")

However, I do like how these selfies turned out with the wind blowing and messing up my hair creating this messy but natural kind of candid shot portrait. 

This type of sakura is called "yae-zakura" 八重桜 a double-layer type of sakura which is famous for its beauty and strength and also has more than 5 petals that is different from the common pale pink Somei Yoshino that are much more delicate and has a shorter life span. Yae-zakura also bloom around mid April to late April as well. To be honest, I like these sakura more because they are soooooooo pink, soft and fluffy!! 🌸🌸🌸

Cherry Blossoms at High Park

Posting more sakura pictures that I took at High Park back in May because you can never have enough of sakura pictures. Soooo pretty! ♥ They look much better in full image size and resolution. And I did not add any filters to the pictures or edit them in any way, they are the originals of what I have taken with my camera.