Monday, February 16, 2009

plum blossoms viewing

went to see the plum blossoms at osaka castle last wednesday, and they were rather pretty! it's only the beginning of the blossoming season, and they're only set to get bigger and prettier :)

but before we got to the pretty flowers, we had to go past some yucky murky waters. it's quite a disgrace how the castle moat was ugly and had trash in it, especially considering how it's one of the major tourist attractions in osaka. the thing about japan is that they can have smoke producing industries not only in the centre of the city but next to tourist attractions to boot. and they dont take very good care of their attractions or sites in some situations:

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check out all the red gunk (from what, i dont know) and the rubbish in it

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we couldnt help but pose in front of it:

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there was this cow display

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as you can see, the plum blossoms arent quite in full bloom yet

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i like the close-up shots the best, like these:

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this below is my absolute favourite:

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i like the reds of these a lot:

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and i quite like this pic too:

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i took these 2 on my phone cos my camera died.. think they didnt turn out too bad! :

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and we had to end of with purikura, of course:

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