Perfect Day for Cherry Blossoms

The weather has finally caught up with the cherry blossoms. It was perfectly sunny and warm today and all of Kyoto was out enjoying the blossoms. I cruised around town on my bike checking out the scene.

I shot this along the Kamo-gawa River. This is really what hanami (cherry blossom viewing) is all about:


Here's the Takasegawa Canal along Kiyamachi near Oike-dori:


Here's the classic view of Kyoto from Sanjo-ohashi Bridge:


Here's a nice tree in the Kyoto Gosho: