An Old Temple in my Neighbourhood

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Wojtek !
Invisible in my last pictures but there were many visitors in the darkness.
Darkness for a camera, not for naked eyes

 

[ontos]

Beautiful shots my friend!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Merv !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Mmmmm...that look's very familiar to me.....

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Wojtek and Wayne !

Yes, the evening blossoms were in the Osaka Castle Garden.
Most of our cherry trees are Prunus yedoensis and their time is over.
Double-flowered cherry trees still have chances for blooms.

 

[Wurger]

 

[ontos]

Wonderful shots my friend.

 

[Wayne Little]

Osaka Castle is an awesome place to visit, get there if you ever visit Japan, my thanks to Shinpachi for the experience.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks for your kind posts Wojtek, Merv and Wayne

Here are awesome people in the cherry blossom season for hundreds years.
They are generally fresh businessmen and asked by their bosses to get better spots for their cherry blossom viewing parties being held in the evening. Blue sheets show "territory". They are to learn the principle "First come, first served". Not easy job.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

I like that !

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots shinpachi!

 

[Wayne Little]

how full do you think the viewing area got once everyone got there.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks again for your kind comments Wojtek, Hugh and Wayne !
There is enough space and cherry trees for 100,000 visitors at a time in the Osaka Castle Garden.
The number I saw on the day was approx. 10, 000 in the Friday afternoon because the sky was a little hazy.
The number would have been 50,000 if it had been fine

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Wojtek

Now the cherry blossom season is ending in my town, I feel the early summer is coming closer.
Renewal work of the temple seems going on schedule well. It was fine today.

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely shots shinpachi!