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  SargeMar. 25, 2009 - 08:32AM JST

  Simply gorgeous!

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  LoveUSAMar. 25, 2009 - 09:06AM JST

  Extremely beautiful picture but my pictures taken there are more beautiful :)

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  LoveUSAMar. 25, 2009 - 09:07AM JST

  PS but why so few people cmlimbing the stairs to view the plums?

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  shugotokumaruMar. 25, 2009 - 10:13AM JST

  ume > sakura

  Blasphemy, I know, but the plums make me a lot happier, since by the time the cherries bloom it's warm. The plums bring me out of the winter funk.

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  shugotokumaruMar. 25, 2009 - 10:13AM JST

  Plums smell better too. Okay bye.

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  seesawMar. 25, 2009 - 10:29AM JST

  gorgeous! this is what we could called 'pic of the day'....:)

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  LoveUSAMar. 25, 2009 - 10:39AM JST

  I love how the different shades of pink blend and compliment their colors and create a harmony (or symphony) of soft colorful spring pink tapestry. I think such pictures should be accompanied by a beautiful melody. it is time JT offers pictures with a music link.

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  nisegaijinMar. 25, 2009 - 10:52AM JST

  this is amazing! need to get my slr out there. i think i can render some nice hdr shots from this scenery. Where exactly was this taken?

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  zaichikMar. 25, 2009 - 10:54AM JST

  Wow!

  I agree with you, shugotokumaru, for all the reasons you gave. Wish we had ume in NZ (well, you can buy the trees wholesale, but you have to buy at least 10 and we haven't room for an orchard....)

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  neverknow2Mar. 25, 2009 - 10:59AM JST

  Simply gorgeous!

  Take a country of boring people, show them a flower, watch how excited they get. Sure they are nice to look at but I don't see what all the big fuss is.

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  moonbeamsMar. 25, 2009 - 11:03AM JST

  Take a country of boring people, show them a flower, watch how excited they get. Sure they are nice to look at but I don't see what all the big fuss is.

  Yeah, there are lots of things you don't see.

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  BetzeeMar. 25, 2009 - 11:11AM JST

  Gorgeous blaze of spring color. As a step climber, the stairs look pretty nice, too.

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  LoveUSAMar. 25, 2009 - 11:15AM JST

  also the cedar in the foreground looks very nice too

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  SamuraiikiMar. 25, 2009 - 11:17AM JST

  All these trees came from China, but so they would have something original, they decided to look at the flowers.

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  DisillusionedMar. 25, 2009 - 11:41AM JST

  Very prerty! But, it doesn't change anything. Blooming season is just an excuse to get drunk in a park.

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  rondh69Mar. 25, 2009 - 12:31PM JST

  Very beautiful, sorta pastel tone to it - picture is a keeper!

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  NoripinheadMar. 25, 2009 - 02:15PM JST

  It does look like some kind of classical Chinese landscape painting. Very Asian. Good job, Mr. MacDonald. I'm lovin' it!

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  mrhog123Mar. 25, 2009 - 02:19PM JST

  This picture makes me, pardon the pun, plum crazy.

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  tclhMar. 25, 2009 - 04:43PM JST

  Wish I was there, then go up and down all those stairs five or ten times. Beautiful spring color will make hard work become joyful activity.Nice.

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  tajMar. 25, 2009 - 05:40PM JST

  Wow! I want this as a jigsaw puzzle! Do you have it in high res, Mr. M? Anyone know a company that will convert photos to a proper 1000 (or more) piece puzzle?

  Fabulous array of colours and textures, but it is the structure that really makes it. Noripinhead, I fully agree: classical chinese landscape painting. Perhaps the paler colored blossoms in front, help to add to that fore and background in equal detail effect. The random looking stairs just stringing in and out of the shot really pin it.

  Does JapanToday now own the rights to this photo?

  Moderator: The photographer owns the rights.

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  MilieunetMar. 25, 2009 - 07:37PM JST

  Great picture.

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  sk4ekMar. 25, 2009 - 10:20PM JST

  http://www.jigsawpuzzlefactory.com/

  These folks will turn your favorite photo into a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. It's up to you to negotiate with the photographer though, I'd imagine.

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  YelenaMar. 25, 2009 - 11:49PM JST

  God! I would give a lot to be there. I miss Japan with my whole heart!!! In Moscow it it windy and snowy, 6 month winter-is very hard to bear!

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  BurakuminDesMar. 26, 2009 - 12:22AM JST

  Nice picture, Hanami is coming. I can almost make out the shapes of the "sarary-men" and "OL"s in a dis-shevelled and comatose state under those blossoms. I will be photographing this stuff in a couple weeks in Northern Honshu.

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  GWMar. 26, 2009 - 01:02AM JST

  loveusa

  thats a pine not a cedar

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  MayukiMar. 26, 2009 - 01:16AM JST

  Beautiful picture! Well done, David MacDonald. Does the photographer sell his work?

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  tajMar. 26, 2009 - 09:53AM JST

  Thank you, Sk4ek. JT, is there a way to contact the photographer? (His name is unfortunately common - not easy to find via google.)

  Moderator: You may send a message via the editor at editor@japantoday.com

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  LoveUSAMar. 26, 2009 - 08:47PM JST

  loveusa thats a pine not a cedar

  yes, thanks, my bad. Are pines source of kafunsho as cedars are?

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  hepy1Apr. 04, 2009 - 03:58PM JST

  wow tokyo is very beutifull and pretty with flower or hanami.

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