Tokyo Hanami 2019: Shinjuku Gyoen
Come with me to Shinjuku Gyoen National Park, a sakura paradise in which 1500 cherry blossom trees are currently blooming into a white and pink extravaganza. Shinjuku Gyoen has more than 20.000 trees, of which around 1500 are Japanese sakura. Let me tell you the story of the first time I went to Shinjuku Gyoen. It was 2014, I was…
Real life locations featured in Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name (KimiNoNaWa).
I don’t know if I was very lucky or terribly unlucky but the day I chose to go picture-hunting for these photos, there was a spring festival going on so it was absolutely crowded! Anyway I tried to do my best (and got some extra footage of the festival- always welcome!) and captured these photos to confirm that Makoto Shinkai…
