Hanami in Tsukuta (ages ago) and

As it is the hanami season in Japan, lots of the posts here reminded us of the lovely flowers and scenaries in that small, but beautiful country where everything is so well organised, so tidy.

Here are some photos we took ages ago when we lived in Tsukuba and elsewhere. Tsukuba is a beautiful town which is kind of different from other places in Japan, you may know...

Sakura-O-tori(?) near the National Inst of Agriculture



Lovely cartoon, very Japanese





This is a very typical photo for Tsukuba city. Tskuba is just as wide as shown here- no very populated, also like Australia.




Toho Park in Tsukuba


Jells Park in Melb, Australia. different from Toho?