Anyway, for the first time ever, GOMP aka Phil (who to be fair wasn't very grumpy on this trip) let me take over as chief photographer - or at least photographer in charge of the fancy pants camera (a Nikon D3S named Uma). So I expect the photos may not be quite up to scratch, but we'll see. In typical fashion, we arrived back home on Sunday afternoon and were already back at work on Monday, so apart from some rudimentary unpacking, nothing has been done with photos - or purchasing milk etc...
This trip took in Tokyo (10 days), Kyoto (4 days), Uji (3 days) and Nara (1 night) and luckily was smack bang in the middle of cherry blossom season so we got to walk under canopies of cherry blossom trees and through a shower of cherry blossom petals - like snow but without all the wet, cold parts.
Ueno park
Imperial garden, Kyoto
Despite the first couple of days being all about the cherry blossoms (and I'm thinking you really do have to visit in cherry blossom season) there's so much more, I'd almost forgotten about them by the end of the trip!
