Mitsuike Park - April 4th 2009

We went to Mitsuike Park to have lunch viewing the cherry blossom on April 4th. The park is located in the northern part of Yokohama. It has three ponds (“mitsu” means “three” and “ike” means “pond”), which were used to irrigate rice fields during the Edo period. It was warm today. I made lunch at home and brought it. It was delicious enough. I was satisfied to have lunch viewing the beautiful cherry blossom. It is one of the best places to visit with your family and see great Sakura. The beautiful scenery is like below.

Every spring, we can see 10 kinds of cherry blossoms in Mitsuike Park. You can enjoy viewing cherry blossoms by the end of April. There is a time delay between the different blossoms.	Mitsuike Park has not only ponds but also many hills. So, there are many short hiking courses with beautiful tress and flowers.
The sky was light blue.	When I'm concentrating when taking a sakura photo, my mouth opens unconsciously....
This is my favorite photo.	Water birds perched on each post. What a lovely view!
Look, the last post is vacant!	I tried to take a fine closeup shot of the cherry blossom using a manual closeup setting with my digital camera.
In the park, the cherry blossom was gorgeous but we could also enjoy viewing these tiny yellow flowers (Japanese rose).	This branch has a unique shape.
Cherry blossom and a pine tree.	This is the best photo. Good job! Do you think so?
There were 3 kinds of ducks on this pond enjoying a swim. Each breed gathered in a small group. That was amazing!	Because there were so many people eating and drinking under the trees, it was difficult just to take a photo of the blossom without people.
Fabulous scenary!	Though this picture is out of focus, I like it.
We seemed to take a Cherry blossom shower.	We could see the most spectacular amount of blossom.
We were satisfied with the lovely cherry blossoms in the park. I strongly recommend sitting down on the hill and looking down the wonderful blossoms around the pond.	This was taken by my husband at the same spot as the previous photo. I think it is the best of all taken by him.