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Here is another ride for sakura or cherry blossoms. I pedaled around many sakura spots in the Tokyo Metropolis on a beautiful day. Under COVID, I didn't see any drunk people throwing parties under the trees, but there were still plenty of people intoxicated by the beauty of sakura flowers. At the end of the ride, I witnessed the flower petals fluttering around stunningly. The flowers' lives are so short, but that makes them more beautiful.
What sakura spot did you like the best?
0:00 Intro
0:21 Ogunohara Park
1:17 Yanaka Cemetery
2:49 Ueno Park
3:24 Kiyomizu Kannon-do Temple
4:02 Sakura Flower Ice Cream Stall
4:44 Ueno Toshogu Shrine
5:19 Crap
6:10 Shinobazu Pond
7:19 Harima Slope (Harimazaka)
9:00 Sotobori-dori Avenue
9:24 Train Nerd
10:29 Petal Storm on Yasukuni-dori Avenue
10:54 Kudanzaka Park
11:20 Chat with Lady
11:56 Chidorigafuchi
12:28 Petal Storm with Yasukuni Shrine Torii Gate
12:57 Tram Nerd
14:02 Dang
14:16 Outro
Music:
Far Away (Sting) by MK2 from YouTube Audio Library (OP)
J.S. Bach - Suite No.4 in E flat - II. Allemande by European Archive (ED)
#tokyo #japan #cycling
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Here is another ride for sakura or cherry blossoms. I pedaled around many sakura spots in the Tokyo Metropolis on a beautiful day. Under COVID, I didn't see any drunk people throwing parties under the trees, but there were still plenty of people intoxicated by the beauty of sakura flowers. At the end of the ride, I witnessed the flower petals fluttering around stunningly. The flowers' lives are so short, but that makes them more beautiful.
What sakura spot did you like the best?
0:00 Intro
0:21 Ogunohara Park
1:17 Yanaka Cemetery
2:49 Ueno Park
3:24 Kiyomizu Kannon-do Temple
4:02 Sakura Flower Ice Cream Stall
4:44 Ueno Toshogu Shrine
5:19 Crap
6:10 Shinobazu Pond
7:19 Harima Slope (Harimazaka)
9:00 Sotobori-dori Avenue
9:24 Train Nerd
10:29 Petal Storm on Yasukuni-dori Avenue
10:54 Kudanzaka Park
11:20 Chat with Lady
11:56 Chidorigafuchi
12:28 Petal Storm with Yasukuni Shrine Torii Gate
12:57 Tram Nerd
14:02 Dang
14:16 Outro
Music:
Far Away (Sting) by MK2 from YouTube Audio Library (OP)
J.S. Bach - Suite No.4 in E flat - II. Allemande by European Archive (ED)
#tokyo #japan #cycling
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