10 Apr Midnight cherry blossoms

Lately I’ve been finding it difficult to leave the house, for some reason. I could easily blame it on the article submission deadline I had today; but to be honest, I think it might be just that I’m enjoying the time I get to spend with myself :P. Last year, between an office job, the classes I was teaching and the photography-related work, I barely felt the months passing by.  Now that I’ve finished my article and I’m going back to school (I forgot to mention, I left the office job all the way back in January), I’m like a recovering recluse, learning to interact with people and the world around me all over again.  

Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that, although I love cherry blossoms, this spring I kept away from the hanami crowds as much as I could (with a small exception on April 2nd, because friends 🙂 ), and instead went for some nice and quiet midnight yozakura viewing in Kudanshita. The atmosphere was perfect – the moon shining eerily from right above the trees, the air damp and the streets almost deserted. Tokyo gives off a certain vibe I can’t explain on nights like these. It makes me feel both energised and melancholic, and that’s when it feels at home the most.