Travel Videos 365 - BETA version 1.02

A video I made in northern Japan to celebrate the explosion of cherry blossoms after a long winter. The song is called "sakura" which means cherry blossoms and the two kanji that pop up mean "cherry blossom" and later "flower viewing."

This time-lapse was created by Dave Allen, BBG's Web Manager, from over 3,000 digital photos, one taken every 3 minutes from April 18 to April 26, 2008, of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's famed Cherry Walk. The music is by Jon Solo, a Brooklyn-based musician and producer. Visit his myspace page at myspace.com/jonsolomusic.

Explore The Door show host Jon Jarosh navigates Death's Door and gets a tour of Washington Island, Door County's largest island, aboard the Cherry Train in this segment from episode 10. Complete episode available at www.DoorCounty.com/podcast.

http://homepage.mac.com/nanshoji/culture_of_Japan/ Hirosaki castle Yamatonchu nu Takara Hirosaki Neputa.... more

Videos and photos of Sakura taken in Kyoto : Motoyamachi Dori, Kamogawa River, Maruyama Park, Chion-in, Heian-jingu, Okazaki Canal, Gion Shirakawa. Osaka : Osaka University, Osaka Castle, Okawa River, Mint Bureau. Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericlty/ http://eltyllyz.spaces.live.com/

05/04/2007 Kyoto http://www.kyoto.travel/

Walking Maggie-Peeing Yakuza & Cherry Blossoms!

Video footage of the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC.

A walk along the Philosopher's Path, from Shirakawadori-Imadegawa towards Daimonji-yama and Ginkaku-ji.

Hanami is the japanese springtime tradition of having a party under blossoming cherry trees. While cuturally there is a lot of ground I could get into; its importance in poetry, samurai folk lore and japanese identity, I chose to just record people drinking. As much as people try to make it seem deep it really is.... more