Cherry Blossom 2009

I'm repeatedly taking photos of Cherry Blossoms in Hiroshima City as well as Nakazo's Weeping Cherry in Northern Part of Hiroshima Prefecture. In addition, I visited Shobara City in April 2009 to look for unknown cherry blossom trees. Now this has become 3 part gallery contains "Cherry Blossom in Hiroshima City", "Gakuon Temple and Ryufuku Temple" and "Nakazo's Weeping Cherry".



Cherry Blossoms in Hiroshima City

I went out for taking photos for this gallery 3 times in 2009 but I could not see any sunrise. So I could not take cherry blossom photos the sun in the back, but instead all photos were taken in gentle ambient light and look calm.
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Gakuon Temple and Ryufuku Temple

I visited Shobara City located in northern part of Hiroshima Prefecture to look for unknown cherry trees. Resultantly, I found Gakuon Temple located in mountainous area, very calm and rarely have visitors, and several weeping cherry trees were full in bloom. First 4 photos were taken Gakuon Temple.
I also found Ryufuku Temple located close to Shobara City central area, and there was a big weeping cherry tree that covered almost all inner garden. Last 5 photos were taken there.



Nakazo's Weeping Cherry

Nakazo is located in North-Western part of Hiroshima Prefecture and the Weeping Cherry is considered as age of 420, very old tree. I stood up in front of the tree just before day break and took photos from that time with deep blue tone in the sky till sun-rise with dynamic orange light.