Flower Guide to Japan: Ashikaga Flower Park

With every new place I visit in Japan, I wonder how can there be so much beauty in a single place? That is what I felt when I visited Ashikaga Flower Park for Golden Week this year. With the beginning of the new imperial era, Reiwa, this year’s Golden Week was 10 days long! Double…

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Japan’s Natural Beauty: Ajisai

It’s June which means the month of 梅雨 tsuyu  (rainy season) in Japan. Although the rainy season can be quite depressing, with weeks of endless rain and rarely a sunny day, one thing to look forward to is the 紫陽花 ajisai (hydrangea) season. I used to have white hydrangeas in my garden back home but…

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Chasing Flowers in Tokyo

Spring in Japan is not only about cherry blossoms; many other beautiful flowers start blooming around the country, so don’t be sad if you can’t visit during the cherry blossom season. There are many beautiful gardens, parks, shrines, and very well-organized fields that showcase various flowers. Japanese people love flower-viewing so much that these places…

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Keisei Rose Garden

I’m obsessed with flowers, I love receiving them, buying them, seeing them and someday, I wish to have my own beautiful flower garden. And of all wonderful flowers out there, as cliché as it might sound, roses are my favorite. So, when I found out about this place, Keisei Rose Garden 京成バラ園, (from Instagram, of…

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Japan’s Natural Beauty: Higanbana

Admiring seasonal flowers is a favorite national pastime in Japan, and as I am also a huge flower lover, I decided to go to the Red Spider Lily Festival (September 16th -October 1st, 2017) in Hidaka, Saitama, about an hour and a half train trip from Tokyo. The Kinchakuda Manjushage Park is the largest park…

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Spring in Bucharest

Română/日本語 What a wonderful season spring is! Its pastel colors, great fragrances and perfect weather make it a great season. The past few days were just perfect for long strolls in the park while admiring the beautiful spring flowers. Bucharest has quite a few nice places where you can enjoy spring days, such as the…

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