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**Rouge - Pictures of Japan** @Blanche@photog.social · 20h

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Rouge - Pictures of Japan @Blanche@photog.social

Today’s walk in Fukuoka (2)
#Bloomscrolling #CherryBlossoms

Closeup of a vibrant pink peach blossom.

A traditional Japanese house in a street corner, with several potted plants against the wall.

A stoned alley in a temple complex, with moss on the ground, various trees, and a wooden temple in the background.

Cherry blossoms with new leaves, and pink and red camellia bushes in the background.

**Rouge - Pictures of Japan** @Blanche@photog.social · 20h

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Rouge - Pictures of Japan @Blanche@photog.social

Today’s walk in Fukuoka
#CherryBlossoms #Bloomscrolling

A blossoming cherry tree with a lot of flowers on the trunk, in front of the low wall of a temple.

The base of a vermillion pagoda on the left and trees with new leaves on the right, and houses and buildings in the background.

Pink cherry blossoms with a blurry temple in the background.

Closeup of white and very pale pink cherry blossoms.

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**Camellia Tea Ceremony** @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 23h

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

During Emperor Saga's time a terrible epidemic struck. Kūkai (空海) advised him to copy out the Heart Sutra, and sure enough the plague was ended. The original is displayed every 60 years (next in 2078).

In 876 Saga's daughter, Princess Masako, turned the palace into Daikaku-ji.

Visitors pose for photos beneath the blossoming cherry trees that line Osawa Pond.

Boughs of cherry blossoms reach over the small stream that pours before the front of Daikaku-ji.

Fresh green leaves signal a coming end to the fleeting sakura season.

#Kyoto #cherryblossoms #Sagano

**Camellia Tea Ceremony** @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 1d

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

A TALE OF TWO PONDS

Daikaku-ji (大覚寺) stands by the banks of Ōsawa-no-ike (大沢池), the oldest artificial pond in Japan.

With a diameter of about 1km, it is theorised that the pond was created for moon-viewing, which would make it the oldest moon-viewing spot in Kyōto.

Osaka-no-ike is considered to be Japan's oldest extant artificial pond.

Blossoms line the banks of Osawa Pond, part of the sprawling Daikaku-ji complex.

Osawa Pond was a popular moon viewing spot in Heian times, and celebrations continue to be held here under the Harvest Moon.

Fallen petals gather on the waters of Osawa Pond.

#cherryblossoms #Daikakuji

**SpicyBiCutiePie** @Crissy@tech.lgbt · 1d *

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SpicyBiCutiePie @Crissy@tech.lgbt

The #sakura in our backyard blossomed today!
Picked up these flowers that fell on the ground.
Was airing out my Scrabble turn table today so decided to photograph them together
#cherryblossoms #bloomscrolling

Sakura flowers closeup on scrabble board

Author photography of Sakura tree in backyard. Buds are white with pink centre

**The Japan Times** @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 1d

The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social

The full bloom of the Somei-Yoshino tree at Yasukuni Shrine in the Japanese capital's Chiyoda Ward came five days earlier than last year and one day earlier than usual years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/30/japan/tokyo-cherry-blossoms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #cherryblossoms #tokyo

The Japan Times · 1dCherry blossoms come into full bloom in TokyoBy The Japan Times

**にゃんむす** @nyanmusu@mastodon.social · 1d

にゃんむす @nyanmusu@mastodon.social

"Just one more swing, and I can touch the cherry blossoms!"
もう少し揺れたら花に手が届きそう

https://x.gd/g06EK

黄砂で色づいた夕暮れの空の下、マンション脇の公園で桜の枝を見上げ手を伸ばす三毛猫の子猫。春風に毛が揺れ、周りには桜の花びらが舞っている暖かな春の風景。

#imagecreator #AIart #cat

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**Camellia Tea Ceremony** @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 5d

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

...to night

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan

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**Camellia Tea Ceremony** @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 5d

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

From day...

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan

**Rouge_Japan** @Rouge_Japan@pixelfed.social · 5d

Rouge_Japan @Rouge_Japan@pixelfed.social

Some #CherryBlossoms in Fukuoka today
#Bloomscrolling

Pink cherry blossom backlit by the sunset.

Very pale pink cherry blossoms with a blurry temple and vermilion pagoda in the background.

Very pale pink cherry blossoms in the warm light of the setting sun.

Pink cherry blossoms in the late afternoon light.

#bloomscrolling

**AI generated Images** @ai_images@myimg.social · Mar 24

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AI generated Images @ai_images@myimg.social

Generator: PixAI
Model: Illustrious-XL-v2.0
LoRA: ClearHandsXL
LoRA: ModelBoosterXL

#aigenerated #aiimage #aiart #ai #generativeai #generativeart #pixai #Illustrious #cherryblossom #cherryblossoms #Hanami

#hanami

**AI generated Images** @ai_images@myimg.social · Mar 24

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AI generated Images @ai_images@myimg.social

Generator: PixAI
Model: Hinata
LoRA: ClearHandsXL
LoRA: ModelBoosterXL

#aigenerated #aiimage #aiart #ai #generativeai #generativeart #pixai #hinata #cherryblossom #cherryblossoms #Hanami

#hanami

**AI generated Images** @ai_images@myimg.social · Mar 24

Mar 24

AI generated Images @ai_images@myimg.social

Generator: PixAI
Model: Haruka

#aigenerated #aiimage #aiart #ai #generativeai #generativeart #pixai #haruka #cherryblossom #cherryblossoms #Hanami

#hanami

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**Camellia Tea Ceremony** @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · Mar 24

Mar 24

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

Farmers would originally begin planting rice when the cherry blossoms bloomed, for it was at this time that the 'god of grain' came down from her mountain abode.

The word 'sakura' was initially formed from the characters 'sa' (神 'god') & 'kura' (座 'stand for divine offerings').

Woodblock print of women enjoying the sakura.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of people picnicking and enjoying cherry blossoms.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of the blossoms at Ninna-ji.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

#sakura #cherryblossoms #Japan

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**Camellia Tea Ceremony** @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · Mar 24

Mar 24

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

HANAMI

'Hanami' (花見), literally 'flower viewing', nowadays mostly refers to the enjoyment of sakura.
People gather to drink and eat beneath the cherry blossoms, either during the day or for evening light-up events known as 'yozakura' (夜桜 'night sakura').

Hanami parties along the Kamogawa in Kyoto. The river is lined with sakura trees making it a popular destination in the spring.

Sweets for an impromptu outdoor tea ceremony beneath the sakura.

Yozakura 'night sakura' is a popular time to feast beneath the blossoms.

#Japan #hanami #花見

**Norbert Woehnl** @norbertwoehnl@famichiki.jp · Mar 24

Mar 24

Norbert Woehnl @norbertwoehnl@famichiki.jp

Happy Monday from Japan! After the warm weekend here, cherry blossoms should soon open in Tokyo, so I'll adjust my programming accordingly.
Starting with two photos from Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture - the first one being the scene around the famous Kintai Bridge, and the second one of a swan gliding on a pond in Kikko Park.

Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, during Cherry Blossom season.

A swan is gliding on a pond at Kikko Park in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, during Cherry Blossom season.

#photography #fotografie #cherryblossoms

**Camellia Tea Ceremony** @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · Mar 24

Mar 24

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

THE SAKURA COMETH

And just like that Kyōto enters sakura season...

a straight line
all the way to Kyoto...
umbrella-hatted blossom viewers
京迄は一筋道ぞ花見笠
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1822.
Trans. David Lanoue.

An explosion of sakura brightens up this pedestrian crossing signal.

The cherry trees at Ichijo Modori-bashi are some of the earliest in Kyoto to bloom.

#Kyoto #京都 #sakura

**Tracy Thomas** @TracyTThomas@mastodon.beer · Mar 23

Mar 23

Tracy Thomas @TracyTThomas@mastodon.beer

I walked to see the cherry blossoms on a route I hadn’t done in almost 3 years. It’s a bit over 4 miles to walk from my house to the waterfront, across the Steel Bridge, down to the Hawthorne Bridge, back across and home. Long Covid symptoms put that route out of reach for a long time. I was able to do it today just fine, hopefully I won’t feel too many delayed effects tonight or tomorrow. #portland #rainyday #cherryblossoms #LongCovid