Saturday 16 June 2012

Ajisai - Take two

After reading Rurousha's list of the top hydrangea spots in Tokyo I was inspired and toddled off to Asukayama with my camera (and iPhone macro lens!).

Not being a morning person it was mid-day by the time I got there, and there were plenty of others. There were older couples, pairs of middle aged women, mothers with young children, and men in suits. There were old flip-phone cameras, disposable camera, point-and-shoot digital cameras, and SLR with lenses longer than my arm. There was a young guy with a spray bottle of water setting up mood shots


and an older man with a mega camera on a monopod who had hidden himself in a gorgeous bush of hydrangeas to get shots of the trains.



But there were also gorgeous hydrangea - white,



and pink,


and blue,


and purple,



and even a mix of all of the above!





There were also all sorts of trains whizzing by



and even a spider enjoying the blossoms.



And, just for Rurousha, there was even views of Skytree to be seen (if you look really really hard...) with trains AND ajisai!


2 comments:

  1. Oh but this is beyond gorgeous! This is bliss! Flowers AND trains AND Sky Tree?! Wheee! (^o^)/

    The best bit, though, is the guy who brought bottled rain with him! Now why have I never thought of that?

    Thanks for lovely photos and ... Sky Tree wheee!

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    1. U complained you couldn't see Skytree in the picture I chose, but I told him there were no trains in the the one he thought you could see it better... ;)

      The Asukayama ajisai really are gorgeous. I wanted to spend all day just wandering back and forth!

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