The Hidden Cherry Blossoms

by Rulia Intan Sari (Indonesia)

I didn't expect to find Japan

This is the story When I was living in Japan. It was a spring and I wanted to see Cherry blossoms. Every park in Japan is full of Cherry blossoms, but it was too many visitors at there, so I want to find which spots are the best for me to take a picture, somewhere not many people to visit and can enjoy the Cherry blossoms. I found it, it was at Tokyo, the place name called Yanaka cemetery. The cemetery covers an area of 10 hectares and contains 7000 graves. The last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu buried there. I think people will be scared because it is a cemetery, but that is the place where you can enjoy the Cherry blossoms and learn about the last shogun and the history. In my opinion, it is the greatest and beautiful place to photograph and enjoy Cherry blossoms. But maybe we will be tired if we go round and round in the graveyards. There are food and drink sellers, so we won't get tired if we walk there. Then I saw a playground, and there were lots of chairs. I think it's a great place to have a picnic with friends and family. I didn’t expect that place. That’s so much Cherry blossoms tree and not many people visit there. Only locals who visit there for enjoying and praying. So I think there are many of the hidden places in Japan that I, or we as foreigners don’t know. Not only in Japan but also in the world. Maybe the locals keep that places because it is a peaceful or sacred place, so locals can’t speak up about the places. I hope if anyone finds these places, people will not ruin the peace and beauty in those places.