Amazing Sakura

May 2005 @ Shinjuku Park, Tokyo

I have been traveling into Tokyo for the last 4 years but never been there during Sakura Season! This year I was lucky ;-) A few colleagues decided to hold a Hanami (Sakura) party at Shinjuku Park.

We first stopped at the convenience store and it was so packed with locals that buying their picnic stuffs. We bought so much food, but beers and sake were first priority. We adjourned to the park after the shopping, but the queue and crowd was amazing! We had waited more than an hour outside the park before we made it inside the park.

It was a worth waited moment. The park was so packed that almost every single space with direct sun was taken! The scene reminds me of a beachside where the local will place their mats on the floors like little picnic area for themselves.

We found a good spot and we started eating and drinking. I had sake that day though I couldn't drink a lot. The view surrounding the park was just amazing. When the wind blow, the sakura will dropped off from the branches, and the Japanese called them "sakura storm".

It was really one of highlight in all my traveling years. See the picture and you could tell ;-)