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Cherry Blossom
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:29 -0700
by Maka
Hello UYDers,
I've been following Dave's Shoot Tokyo since the Japan earthquake. But this photo blog is about everyday life in Japan. He posts everyday. Today is about cherry blossoms. I thought you might enjoy it.
http://shoottokyo.com/2011/04/11/cherry ... uro-river/
I think one of the reasons Angela's favorite character is Sakura is partly because of her name.
Peace, maka
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:59 -0700
by Jet_Jaguar
Those are great pictures, thanks for sharing!
I'm rather curious about how Turkish fast food became part of the traditional menu for cherry blossom viewing, but I guess you could do a lot worse.
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:45 -0700
by coolray85
wow, really mindblowing how relaxes and content this seems....thanks for sharing!
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 22:42 -0700
by TigerRider
I love this picture with a pair of blossoms sharp in the foreground, and the rest of the hole picture is the tree unsharp in the background...
thank you!^^
Jens
Re: Cherry Blossom
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 14:24 -0700
by Fanfan
Maka wrote:Hello UYDers,
I've been following Dave's Shoot Tokyo since the Japan earthquake. But this photo blog is about everyday life in Japan. He posts everyday. Today is about cherry blossoms. I thought you might enjoy it.
http://shoottokyo.com/2011/04/11/cherry ... uro-river/
I think one of the reasons Angela's favorite character is Sakura is partly because of her name.
Peace, maka
Thanks to have made me discover this blog
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:32 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
Nice! A lot "happier" than most of the photos coming from Japan recently.
Outstanding article
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 20:06 -0700
by Kage
After Japan quake, cherry blossoms are reminder of fragility of life - and its strength
By Joji Sakurai, The Associated Press – Mar 27, 2011
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/japan-quake-ch ... 5-356.html
Excerpt:
"Thinking about how these people living normal lives suddenly disappeared, you can't escape the feeling that humans, like the flowers, are transient things," Yoneta said.
But consider this Japanese paradox: the delicate cherry blossom was also the symbol of the samurai, the epitome of Japanese valour.
The warrior class liked the flowers because they didn't cling to life, but rather showed up for the briefest spell, and fell at the peak of their splendor. In this way, they embodied the spirit of "bushido" — the way of the warrior that combines stoicism, bravery, and self-sacrifice.
These days, people invoke bushido less often than the common man's down-to-earth version — "gaman." It means gritting your teeth and just getting on with life. When people refer to Japan's salarymen as modern-day samurai, it's taken not so much in a swashbuckling sense but for the way these men in suits endure crushing, monotonous toil, and display unwavering loyalty to a common cause.