Photo Challenge
Day 10: π· train (@starrwulfe) #mbApr
The Nintendo Train through the cherry blossoms ππΈππΈ
![zoom photo through a sakura tree to a train crossing a bridge. Next to the bridge is another sakura tree in full bloom. The train is wrapped with a Super Mario World design for Universal Studies Japan, with depictions of the Princess, some Shy Guys, and more characters from the franchise](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/p1021907.jpeg)
Day 9: π· crispy (@rom) #mbApr
Karaage (fried chicken) with some sakurai mochi and hanami dango πΈπ‘
![a plate of karaage and a plate with two pieces of sakura-mochi and a stick of three coloured hanami dango](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/e77e2bace6.jpg)
Day 8: π· prevention (@anniegreens) #mbApr
“Memory Park” is full of cherry blossom trees and a hanami spot for families in my neighbourhood. πΈ Lovely, no? But notice the low building just beyond the trees? On the other side of the cranes? That is the Osaka Detention Center. Prevention.
![a park of sakura trees. Just beyond and above you can see a building and some cranes](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/p1021859.jpeg)
Day 7: π· wellbeing (@ridwan)
It’s been βοΈ overcast βοΈ every day during this cherry blossom season π but finally we got some blue sky. An old friend from Kelowna who lives in Fukuoka came up to π Osaka to visit us for the day.
Being together π«
Under the sakura trees πΈ
We share well-being π₯°
![bright cherry blossoms against a blue sky](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/p1021736.jpeg)
Day 6: π· windy (@Miraz)
I went out to try and capture something for today’s @challenges theme, but it is just not that windy π« Staying within my self-imposed cherry blossom rule, I got a shot of a single petal in a pond rippled with a gentle wind. π¬ππΈ
![Close up photo a of a single cherry blossom petal in a pond rippled with a gentle wind](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/p1021715.jpeg)
Day 5: π· serene (@chiawase)
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Just sat and watched this scene for a while this afternoon. Many feels from real life β¦ IYKYK
![Osaka Castle through the cherry blossoms](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/osaka-castle-through-the-cherry-blossoms.jpeg)
Day 4: π· foliage (@pratik)
Although we are only at something like 60% bloom for the whole region, some varietals bloomed last week. Now the leaves π are poking through the blossoms πΈ
There is still time for θ±θ¦ hanami flower-viewing. Then comes θγ£γ±θ¦ happami leaf-viewing π»
![Tight shot of a cherry blossom tree showing the mix of pink blossoms and fresh green leaves. Looks like the leaves are winning](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/p1021586.jpeg)
Day 3: card π· (@val)
Some sakura πΈ themed greeting cards at a backstreet stationery shop. Unfortunately they didnβt stock any of those fancy 3D constructable ones where you get a whole tree, or the music light show ones. Still, the Japan levels are turned up to 11 on these ποΈπ―π΅
![3 greeting cards: One depicts Mt Fuji with cherry blossom trees in the foreground. Another is cherry blossoms with Himeji Castle in the background. The third is a kokeshi like doll-girl reaching up to catch falling sakura petals](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/b09910dd27.jpg)
Day 2: Flowers π· (@davegullett)
A photographer enjoys the blooming cherry blossoms
![Long shot from a high angle through cherry blossom trees of a photographer on the ground shooting cherry blossoms above their head](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/enjoying-the-blossoms.jpeg)
π· Day01 : toy (@pcora)
Cherry blossoms will be blooming over the next couple of weeks, so I am going to see if I can somehow maintain a parallel theme as this photo challenge progresses. Today I popped down to the Lego store to capture some toy cherry blossoms πΈπ§±
![Closeup of Lego cherry blossoms](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/46e6bb2152.jpg)