Suwa-no-Chaya and Ume Blossoms

Suwa-no-Chaya is a teahouse stands in ninomaru ( second citadel ) garden of Higashi Gyoen ( East Gardens of the Imperial Palace ) that is located on the site of former Edo castle.
I think those ume blossoms make the teahouse more beautiful.

By the way, I think the teahouse has each beauty in each season.
I will show you the teahouse again on this blog.

(Note)
These photos were taken on February 23 , 2010.

Bairin-zaka (slope)

Bairin-zaka literary means Ume grove slope.
This slope is in Higashi Gyoen ( East Gardens of Imperial Palace ) that is located on the former site of Edo castle.
Many ume trees are planted there.
When I visited there, those ume blossoms are almost in full bloom.

(Note)
These photos were taken on February 23 , 2010.

Higashi Gyoen in Early Spring

Today, I went to Higashi Gyoen ( The East Gardens of Imperial Palace ).
The Eeast Gardens are located on the former site of Edo castle.
You can see a stone wall of the castle in the photo above.





Many ume trees are planted there.
And it was nice time to see ume blossoms.



You can see a bird on a branch of the ume tree in the photo above.

And I could see some early blooming cherry blossoms.
Photo below is kawazu-zakura.
Kawazu-zakura is a kind of cherry blossom start to bloom in winter.



It was almost full bloom.

Photo below is kanhi-zakura.
Kanhi-zakura is also early blooming cherry blossom.



It was not in full bloom yet.

It takes around 10 minutes from Tokyo station to The East Gardens by walking.

(Note)
These photos were taken on February 23 , 2010.