A cherry tree branch overlooking the Oigawa River in Arashiyama. Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 film. 嵐山の大堰川を見下ろす桜の枝。Kodak Ektar 100フィルムにて撮影。

Weeping cherry blossoms (shidare-zakura) bathed in morning sunlight, on Arashiyama's Nakanoshima island. 嵐山・中之島のしだれ桜が朝日に照らされる。

Looking east at dusk along Osaka's Okawa river, from above Nakanoshima island. Among the bridges in this photo are the Tenjinbashi and Tenmabashi. The cherry blossoms along the river haven't really started to come out yet. 大阪の大川沿いの夕暮れ時、中之島の上から東を眺める。 この写真には天神橋と天満橋が含まれている。川沿いの桜はまだ咲き始めていない。

Looking up from under the giant weeping cherry tree at Honmanji Temple. 本満寺の巨大な枝垂れ桜の下から見上げる。

Cherry tree in front of the Togetsukyo bridge is illuminated by the sun before it goes behind the mountains. None are full yet, but almost every cherry tree in Arashiyama is blooming now. 渡月橋の前の桜の木が、山の向こうに行く前の太陽に照らされている。まだ満開の桜はないが、嵐山の桜はほとんどすべて開花している。

Walking through the bamboo path, I find a moment all my own. 竹林を歩きながら、自分だけのひとときを見つける。

Cherry Blossoms are starting to come out in Arashiyama. 嵐山では桜が咲き始めている。

Arashiyama's Togetsukyo bridge at night, illuminated in a special, colorful display. 夜、特別なカラーイルミネーションに彩られた嵐山の渡月橋。

Closeup on one of the hanging branches of this cherry tree, at the former location of the Konoe Residence in Kyoto Gyoen, the former Imperial Palace park. This "Itozakura" weeping sakura is the most famous cherry tree in the park, drawing many visitors on this spring day....

The Torii gate at Kurumazaki Jinja shrine offering prosperity and good luck to those who pass through, accompanied by a beautiful blooming cherry tree. 開運招福の額が掲げられた車折神社の鳥居と、美しく咲き誇る桜の木。

This famous weeping cherry tree in Kyoto's Imperial Palace Park blooms earlier than most other trees in town. 京都御苑にあるこの有名な糸桜は、苑内の他の桜よりも早く咲く。

Cherry blossoms at the tomb of Abe no Seimei, a 10th Century Heian court official and renowned specialist of Onmyodo. 10世紀の平安宮廷の官人で陰陽道の専門家であった安倍晴明墓所の桜。