While the wife went to work, I decided to visit Shinjuki Gyoen. We'd heard that with the weather being so warm lately the sakura had bloomed early, and I wanted to make sure that I got some nice pictures before it was too late as the wife wouldn't be free till Saturday. I got to the park around 10:30am; it was a beautiful day, and the sakura trees were more than accommodating.
That's not snow in the last two shots, that's the flower petals blown loose by the wind! The park is pretty big, and I spent more time there than I'd expected, so I just bought a bento box and had lunch under a tree like everyone else who were on their lunch break.
By the time I left, it was around 1:30pm, and I was driven out more by my allergies than the fact that I really did need to get back to the hotel to do some work.
For more pictures, check out the Picasa album. I was playing with a circular polarizing filter today, which is why the sky looks such a beautiful shade of blue in some shots but not in others.
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