... so too, this season's sakura... (90/365, 31 Mar 2022)
Today is the last day of the academic year, the Japanese financial year, everything starts afresh, tomorrow. Well, more or less. Some things continue on. I will continue working (rather than being home as planned, oh, a year ago), but not, I repeat not as the Head of the Department. It is beyond time to hand over the reins, and so we will. Via twitter, I have indicated I will write more about this experience over on the other blog. Suffice to say, I hope I will no longer be waking up to answer emails at 3:00am...but enough of that here.
Today, with the knowledge that the sakura petals in some parts (though not yet the park across the way) are starting to flutter their way to the ground, I decided the weekend would be too late to get the sakura at the Daibutsu down the road. We visited there last in January, when it snowed. I also visited this time last year, during last year's sakura season because, of course you do.
And being a weekday, we can add the Tokyo Daibutsu to the uncrowded list for sakura viewing. I'm doing quite well in the isolated viewing stakes. The Daibutsu is just a couple of km walk, literally in the neighbourhood. It continues to be a lovely spot to visit. I will miss it when I leave.
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| Not all sakura... |
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| Daibutsu |
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Of course, a visit to the Daibutsu usually means purchasing a little memento, a good luck charm, since this is a form of income for the temple. And it also means popping a little further down the road for a famous soft serve ice cream.
Today, I took the Canon EOS 90D, 24-105mm lens and a couple on the iPhone 12 mini.
***And, as always,
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just ask***
