Petals fall. Float on thewater beneath. A pink tingecovers the blue skyreflecting on the water. Thepink cover shimmers, in thegentle breeze. It is spring,season of Sakura, the cherryblossom in Japan.

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The arrival of spring is greeted with joy and gratitude. People across the nation celebrate Hanami - get-togethers under the cherry trees to appreciate the beauty of nature

A carnival like joy d’ vivre fills in the ambience. Flocks of people in their best kimonos and yukata crowd the neighbourhood spaces.

The Ueno lake and gardens tend to be thecentre of attraction for the Sakura season inTokyo. The waters of the lake take a pink huewith the petals falling in.

Coloured fish swim around. Essencefrom burning incense sticks fills in thearea.

Tokugaya shogun was theone most powerfulsamurai leader in whole ofJapan. He was the realruler, the chief of army.Shogun took up Buddhism.His estate set up the grandZojoji temple complex.

The Spring Festivalat Zojoji underCherry Blossoms isone of the mostwell known eventin Tokyo

The head priest isfollowed by monks androyals in procession

Monks in a processionhead towards thesanctorum up the stairs,with assistants holdingcolourful umbrellasfollowing closely. Gongsof Drums announce thebeginning of theoccasion

The days festivities roll in to an end as thelights on the Tokyo tower behind Zojoji turnon beckoning end of the gone by day andbeginning of a modern night