Cherry blossom sighting at Aoyama Cemetery

Walking around Aoyama Cemetery. It's surreal that cherry blossoms are falling and covering graveyards, and its beauty, ephemeral, tranquility, everything I don't have enough words to express. And there were white dandelions on the ground. It's very unusual in east Japan. It made me happy to see a couple of flower petals on the loaf of bread I bought before the walk.

青山墓地で花見。散りゆく桜の花びらが古いお墓に降り積もるのはなんともシュールで、美しさ、儚さと、静かさと、何とも言えず、非日常的。そんな中、足元には白いタンポポ。東日本では珍しい。家に帰って見たら、お散歩前に買ったパンに花びらが付いていたのが何だか嬉しい。

Ships at a graveyard

Old Christianity graveyard

白いタンポポ White dandelion

Cherry blossom tunnel

Cherry blossom petals on a graveyard

Flower petals on a loaf of bread

Videos of cherry blossom falling, cherry blossom falling like snow, and the last one.

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