Cherry Blossom # 3

Our last Cherry Blossom viewing was at Ueno Park. The peak blossom viewing had passed but we decided to got to Ueno Park anyway. The place was really busy but still so much fun. The usual 'street/festival food' was available and we got our favourite yaki soba.

We walked around the enormous park and found some boats to hire and peddle around the lake! Of course they were in the shape of swans. We got our tickets and off we went. I laughed so hard for most of the time.

I highly recommend hiring the paddle boats for something ridiculously fun to do in the middle of Tokyo!

The swan boats in Ueno Park

We saw this food cart. The photo is a bit blurry but it is bananas covered in chocolate and sprinkles. Being a kid at heart, i thought it was funny.

Here is a pic looking down the main pathway through Ueno Park. You can see the blossoms are past their peak, and you can imagine how beautiful it would look in peak bloom!

The crowd in Ueno Park

After walking around Ueno Park we went to the Tokyo National Museum. I'll write about that another time, but outside the entrance was this fantastic cherry blossom tree.  I thought it was beautiful.

Cherry blossom outside Tokyo National Museum

I highly recommend going to Ueno Park. When the blossoms are in peak bloom, it does get extremely crowded, but everyone is in a happy mood and I never actually felt overwhelmed by the amount of people. Ueno Park has a festival feel and there is entertainment and the best tasting food everywhere!

You just have to go!

G