Showing posts with label cherry blossom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cherry blossom. Show all posts

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Just a Friendly Reminder - This Weekend: Ohanami Mobile Japanese Garden

Hey, remember that post last week about the Cherry Blossom Viewing and Festival coming up in Mobile? Well, it's here!

Don't miss out. 
Sunday April 15th :: 11AM ~ 3PM!

Joint fund-raiser by:
Japanese Garden Foundation & Mobile Ichihara Sister City Association

Activities: 
Serving hot and cold Japanese tea 
Portraits
Japanese Goodies
Used Japanese Comic Books (Manga)
Bonsai Lecture by Master Joe Day
Ohanami Lecture by Kaoru Oka, MISCA Secretary
Speech by Charles Wood

Sorry about the blurry picture! All the information is above. 

733 Westmoreland Dr E, Mobile, AL 36609


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Photograph by Brandon McLeod
This is just one image from the Japanese Garden in Mobile. To see more, go to our original post HERE.


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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Second Chance - Ohanami! (And Japanese Garden Pictures!)

If you missed out on the UWF Cherry Blossom Festival, that's ok! Mobile's Charles Wood Japanese Garden 
is having its own Cherry Blossom Festival!

Sunday April 15, 2012  11:00 am ~ 3:00 pm

Joint fund-raiser by:
Japanese Garden Foundation & Mobile Ichihara Sister City Association

Activities: 
Serving hot and cold Japanese tea 
Portraits
Japanese Goodies
Used Japanese Comic Books (Manga)
Bonsai Lecture by Master Joe Day
Ohanami Lecture by Kaoru Oka, MISCA Secretary
Speech by Charles Wood

(scroll down for the pictures)

Sorry about the blurry picture! All the information is above. 


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For your viewing pleasure, here are some photographs of the Japanese garden. It's a great place to take the family for an outing (especially a picnic).


Japanese Magnolia
Photography by Brandon McLeod



Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod


Photography by Brandon McLeod

An aisle of cherry blossom trees.

Photography by Brandon McLeod



Photography by Brandon McLeod

This is what we came to see!

Photography by Brandon McLeod
 Koi!


Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod

A great place for a picnic.

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod
One of the several viewing ponds. 

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod
Sakura

Photography by Brandon McLeod
Cherry Blossoms

Photography by Brandon McLeod


Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod


Photography by Brandon McLeod


Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod


Photography by Brandon McLeod
The Rock Garden. 

Photography by Brandon McLeod
In Japanese Gardens, the rocks aren't "placed", they're "planted". 

Photography by Brandon McLeod

Photography by Brandon McLeod


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Friday, March 23, 2012

Ohanami - Japanese Cherry Blossom Viewing : UWF Cherry Blossom Festival

Ohanami (Oh-ha-na-me) is the yearly Japanese tradition of having a picnic underneath the beautiful and short-lived sakura (Cherry Blossom Tree). These beautiful plants bloom only for a short period in the spring and are known for their sudden appearance, quick departure, and breathtaking flowers.

Photograph by Brandon McLeod

Photograph by Brandon McLeod


The University of West Florida is having a Cherry Blossom Festival (Sakura Matsuri) on Friday March 30, 2012 starting at 1:30 in the afternoon. For more information contact the UWF Japan Center at 850-474-3363 or email japan@uwf.edu.

Feature speakers include:  UWF President Dr. Judith Bense, CEO and President of Florida House on Capitol Hill Bard Hudson, Congressman Jeff Miller, Florida Secretary of State Kenneth Detzner, Consul General Eiichi Kawahara, Secretary of Florida Lottery Cynthia O'Connell, Mayor of Pensacola Ashton Hayward.

Trust me, you don't want to miss out on this. Take the family along and have a nice picnic under a soft pink canopy.



If you can't make it to the UWF Cherry Blossom Festival, be sure to head over to Mobile's Charles Wood Japanese Garden before it's too late!

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