Spring Greeting from Japan:)

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Hi, guys! Dear sunray45 told me about this community, and I'm interested in:) So I want to show my photos of Japanese Spring Colors.

As it's a nice sunny Spring day, I went out for rambling around my neighborhood. There are so many beautiful things caught my eyes. I couldn't help taking their pictures. So, here are Spring photo spams! Beware, dial-up users!

There are some cherry trees beside of my apartment car lot. I've lived here since my junior high school days, and I really look forward to see these blossoms every year. Just ignore the power lines! They ruined whole beautiful scenery! Boo!




Looked up just under the tree. *sighs* How dreamy it was.


Close-up one. Lovely!



Near the trees, I found some dandelions in bloom. Tiny and Cute they were!



I entered a small park near my apartment on way to supermarket. There were also lots of beautiful flowers!! Ahh... Spring colors!

This lovely pink flower was peach flower. Took a photo of them and this is close-up one.



A flower bed. Just lovely, isn't it:)


Are they pansies?? I'm not sure...



But I'm sure these are pansies!


Mmm, very vivid violet!



This park is very close to my apartment. Just behind it.



And near the pond, there were lovely ducks here.


lol I love its pretty backside:)))



This park is just next to the main road and the train station. So you can see this view in the park but just turn around your eyes to right...



You also can see this. *Nice* view, isn't it.



The last photo, I found a couple pf swallows on the signboard of bus stop. They are making a nest right now:)

Thank you for seeing these:) I hope you enjoy them.

It was a nice fine day, but I had bit teary eyes because of hey fever. Bloody allergies!!!!

Comments

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow.

All so very, very beautiful.

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Thank you for seeing them:) I'm so glad you enjoyed.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Wow, pretty. ♥

The flowers you aren't sure of look like violas to me - smaller cousins of the pansy. But someone with more horticultural know-how than me might correct me on that.

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
Oh, violas are they? I love flowers but I'm not good at horticultural things. I don't even know their names unless they're very popular ones. lol

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Thank you for sharing these. I love the cherry blossoms in particular.

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them:)

>I love the cherry blossoms in particular.
Me too. I may be the best flower I love:)

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

These photos are wonderful. How amazing to be on the other side of the world from you (the UK) and to be able to look at photos you took of Japan the same day you took them. Gotta love the internet. Thank you for sharing them with us.

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Thank you for commenting and seeing!

I think it's fantastic to be able to communicate with other peoples by using internet. Yay for development of technology!!

I'm so glad you enjoyed them:)

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow: spring! It gives me hope that we'll get some of it here eventually. The cherry blossoms are particularly gorgeous, but everything is beautiful. And, cool, white ducks! *g* I only ever see mallard ducks where I am. Thanks for sharing these!

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, these photo say 'Spring!', don't they:)

>I only ever see mallard ducks where I am.
Oh, do you? White ducks are quite popular in my country. I'm so glad I could show you their photos:)

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

Welcome!!
Your photos are absolutely gorgeous. The violet pansies are so vibrant! The photo you took looking up into the tree is fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing these, not only are they fantastic, they give me hope that Spring will soon arrive here.

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! I'm so glad to join this community:)

Spring has not come in United States yet then? We are in the height of spring here Japan. I hope you'll enjoy it soon!

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

It's a great community, I like it!
Spring has definitely arrived a bit South of here, my sister in law in Seattle (130 miles South) has everything in bloom, but here on the US/Canadian border, Spring is taking it's time arriving.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Lovely, thanks for these! The *peach flower* especially ... those two words together are just so ... perfect!

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Thank you for seeing them:)

>peach flower
It's very cute, isn't it! I love its pink petals a lot.

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

ooooooooh pretty! I can almost smell the cherries. That must be a beautiful place to live.

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed them. Thanks a lot!

Our country has four seasons and we can enjoy their beauty in each season:) I love them so much.

[sunburnt-brain.livejournal.com]

Gosh that is beautiful.

Thanks for sharing!

Rick

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. Glad you enjoy them.

You're very welcome!

[rosie55.livejournal.com]

Welcome, Minori. I'm so pleased Peggy told you about this community! We have great fun and some interesting posts on here!
Beautiful pictures and it is lovely to see a glimpse of your home neighbourhood. The park is beautiful and I agree with llewela, the flowers are pansies or violas, same family and lovely colours. You're right about how cute that duck is, love that curly feather it has!
But oh, the cherry blossom - absolutely beautiful! And the peach flower, too - thank you so much for sharing the pleasure with us all! Look forward to more, when the wisteria comes out, if not before perhaps?? (she says hopefully!)

[minori-k.livejournal.com]

Hi, Rosie! It was nice to post my photos here and see others posts:) Thank you for having this community!

I love ducks, paticulaly white ducks! Although I'm not fan of Disney, I love Donald Duck the best:) Quack-quack! lol

I think wisterias come out much later. Maybe in May? So I'll post their photos if I find them!!

[smirra.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you here! And great to see your photos and impressions of your country here!
So beautiful the cherry trees, if you look up into the blossoms you think you're in heaven, aren't you? The blossoms close up are beautiful, too the peach flower, lovely. There are dekorative garbage in the flower bed, I think. The dendelions are nice, too. The name over here is Lion's tooth, because of the teeth at the leaves, btw. Ha, and there's the place where you live and draw your nice drawings :). Thanks for posting!