Photo Day: Nago Cherry Blossom Festival
1 Feb
In Japan cherry blossoms or Sakura would definitely be categorized as a "NATIONAL OBSESSION." I mean, the Japanese love Sakura so much that they flock by the thousands every year to get a chance to see them up close and personal. I don’t blame them…they are absolutely beautiful!
Because Okinawa is such a tropical island, their Sakura bloom a little earlier compared to mainland Japan. I recently had a chance to take a trip up north for the 47th annual Nago Cherry Blossom Festival. Nago is one of the best places on Okinawa to see cherry blossoms because it hosts nearly 20,000 cherry trees.
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Here are a couple of shots from the festival.
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You can view all of the Nago cherry blossom photo’s by going to my Okinawa album then select the Nago gallery.
I didn’t make it up there this year. Looks like you had decent weather though!
The weather was surprisingly nice this year. I believe they have festivals that take place at Yogi Park in Naha. So, another chance to check them out!
Jay,
Very nice pictures of the blossoms, I wish that I could be there. It looks like the weather is really nice there right now? I figured it would be just a bit cooler than normal.
That was such a fun day. You took some really good pics by the way, really impressive.
they bloomed really well this year…
They are actually looking really nice this year man. A lot better than the first year we went and nothing had bloomed yet!!
Great use of depth of view, or depth of feild. Stunning clarity of a nice subject!!
Steve,
Thanks for the comment. I just love to take pictures of Sakura!