Shinjuku Gyoen Spring 2009

Shinjuku Gyoen was the first park that I went to in Shinjuku way back in 2002.
Along with Koishikawa Korakeun, it's my favourite park in Tokyo.
I visit both of these parks several times a year, especially during the spring and autumn seasons.

Shinjuku Gyoen has some estimated 20,000 trees.
The main attractions for me being the cherry trees in the Spring and the red maples in the Autumn.

The 8 photos on here labelled "Shinjuku Gyoen Spring 2009" are from about 250 that I took this year.
I was planning to post a lot more to try and give some kind of photo walk, but seeing that the park itself sits in 144 acres, it was no easy task.
Instead, I just uploaded some of my favourites.
In the spring, there are lots of cherry trees blooming.
Tokyo usually has a very warm spring, so the park is busy from late March-early/mid April.
The fallen blossoms form a pink carpet on the ground.

In these 144 acres, there is a Fench garden, English ladscape, traditional Japanese garden, Taiwanese pavillion, several large ponds, and lots in between.