期待樱花的盛开 Pre-Sakura Excursion in Japan

 

I was suppose to visit UK and Europe in Spring this year. Somehow, there was a strong current of inviting wave pushes me towards Japan (dunno why..?). I really did not have specific plan for this 3rd Japan trip, meeting with Arai San and my friends from JAIMS are the only thing came into my mind. Well, perhaps I just needed a holiday away from home. That's how I suddenly switched my 'Tulip Dreams' to 'Sakura Excursion'. Annie said she has to charged cancellation fees for causing disappointment (I'm not visiting her in England as planned).

 

My luck was pretty good during Chinese New Year. I got my flight ticket from MAS airlines only RM1700 all-in. On the same day, I booked my lodge for my 4 days in Tokyo with Apartment Hotel Shinjuku which costs me only less than RM1000 for 5D4N.

 

So it's all set and I am ready to go!

 

However,................. few days ago I read a report from Sakura in Japan Project https://www.facebook.com/sakurainjapan?ref=ts&fref=ts and found out that the first cherry blossom has begun!!! Most of the cherry blossom will come to an end by the time of my arrival, what a disappointed news  :(

 

Yoko was kind enough to tell me: "personally I think the new leaves after the drop cherry blossom are very nice too!" hahahaaaaa........ yes, she has soothes my pain a little! At least that put a little smile on my face reading it.

 

I have capture this article from Japan-guide.com today and guess there's still some hope to have Hanami with our JAIMS friends.

Too Late for cherry blossom in Tokyo!

When Japan's weather services issued their first cherry blossom forecasts back in the cold days of January and February, most of them predicted the season in Tokyo to peak in early April. However, temperatures in March rose far above average in most regions of Japan and especially so in the Tokyo region, taking the weather services by surprise and resulting in a record-breaking early cherry blossom season in the capital this year.

Due to the discrepancy between the initial cherry blossom forecasts and the actual blooming dates, many foreign tourists who booked their trips to Tokyo for early April, are now likely to arrive too late for the peak of the season. In order to help such tourists, we created this guide on how to see some cherry blossoms even when most of Tokyo's petals have fallen already.

Source: http://www.japan-guide.com/news/0026.html