The posts for the April 2023 Ultimate blog challenge will contain pictures that I am acquiring as I travel around some of the ports of Japan this month. Beginning with a fourteen-hour direct flight on Air Canada flight number nine from Toronto to Narita Airport near Tokyo, Japan.
The early morning view from the hotel room window revealed a lovely garden surrounded by a bit of mist and boarded by some well-timed cherry blossoms.
Later in the morning, we saw other people walking around the garden paths and the mist had cleared.
Doesn’t this look like a lovely place for a special ceremony like a wedding?
On our afternoon walk through the garden we saw these beautiful flowers around the garden.
Some of the cherry trees at the front of the hotel had been growing on the hill for a lot longer than the hotel had laid claim to the land.
We chose the Nikko Narita Airport hotel because it was near the airport. We chose the airport because it was the one where Air Canada landed when providing direct flights from Canada. It wasn’t until the next morning that we saw just how close the airport was. It is actually between the ends of two runways. The noise was less than the train, (subway) that ran near (under) the hotel. The airport runways are visible from the hotel window.
Shall look forward to hearing and seeing more of your trip, Doug. I did a trip to Japan in early 2000’s. Can’t even remember the year anymore. Still have friends there who helped us planned and guided us for a couple of weeks. We were/are friends through an email group. Some of us still keep in touch. We’ve lost quite a few now as life happens.
Thanks Lily, I am taking the time to travel while life is still happening. 🫡
Wow, so beautiful! I would love to visit Japan! It’s been on my bucket list for a while. Here in Buffalo, we have a cherry blossom festival at the end of April. It’s in the Japanese garden behind the Buffalo History Museum. The garden is a gift from Buffalo’s sister city, Kanazawa, Japan!
Your photos are beautiful, and I look forward to seeing more!
Blog on!!!
Thanks Alice.