Tokyo/Kyoto Apr 12 - Day 4

Went back to the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden again as S' parents have yet to experience the real sakura atmosphere. It was apparently the last Sunday for Hanami and we expected a large picnic crowd. True enough some trees were beginning to "shed" and they look quite different from what we had seen 3 days ago. Hardly any full and plump trees left. Nonetheless, the remaining sakuras still hold their beauty and we were once again mesmerized by the sweet dreamy colours.. Not much of a crowd so we were quite comfortable strolling around.

Here's an interesting sight. Do you realize that there are 3 different colours of sakura flowers branching out from the same tree? Pretty cool right? No wonder it attracted a crowd. Photo on top right shows a zoomed in shot of this one tree. On bottom right, flowers still waiting to bloom. So rare for this time of the month. What a late bloomer!

Glad that the oldies loved it. Who wouldn't? One thing I love about the end of the season is the carpet full of fallen petals that looks so soft you feel like you can open your arms wide & fall back onto all that fluff . Romantic ttm ;)

Moving on to Roppongi Hills, we dropped the oldies at Mori Tower so that they could go up the observatory deck (S and I had already been) and enjoy some ongoing exhibition. There was a separate ONE PIECE exhibition that seems to be hugely popular with the locals (meaning long queue). I read the comic before and I enjoyed it but not to the extent of wanting to wait in a queue. Oh, you can read more about Maman (the spider sculpture) here. S and I stopped by the Joel Robuchon bakery as the pastries look so colorful & fancy. Tried the No. 1 popular bread (some curry bread thing) but it wasn't good. Perhaps their desserts are better. Spotted sakura macarons at Starbucks! Wanted to buy some back to sg but I couldn't find them anywhere else :l

Sashimi dinner in the hotel again. Favourite. But given our greediness, it wasn't enough. So we ventured out to find some yakitori supper that we've been craving for. It's not bad but not the best. We need to go back Yokohama again for THAT best yakitori that's always etched in our memories!