{ Japan 2009 }
Where to begin? It felt so good to be back to visit and the trip unfolded beautifully! Being in Japan during the cherry blossom season is really an amazing thing. You go the whole year walking under and passing by trees that you don’t even realize are cherry trees, until spring comes and every tree around you suddenly becomes a bursting spectacle of light pink blooms. They only last a week, and we managed to fly in just as they were reaching their peak and the blossoms were starting to fall (which is the truly magical part!) In addition to soaking in the cherry blossom splendor, we experienced Tokyo’s luminous nightlife, inhaled the most amazing foods (ramen, katsu, okonomiyaki galore!), shopped til we dropped (Japan is definitely the land of colorful scarves – I somehow limited myself to three new additions), saw family and friends, and enjoyed the perfect weather. The humid summers can be brutal and we already know how I feel about cold winters, but the spring weather was juuuust right.
Although I was SO ready to come home 3 years ago after my year of living there, this past week reminded me that I could definitely fall in love with Japan all over again. Can’t wait to go back!
Peeking outside our hotel room, at the fabulous Hotel Pacific Tokyo. Highly recommended if you’re ever in the Tokyo area!
My little sis:
Crepes in Harajuku:
Businessman + Rob + sister on the train:
The flower shops in Japan are amazing! So many cute little plants and the most adorable and whimsical flowers! I SO wished I could pack them ALL in my suitcase and bring them home.
Asakusa:
With my sis & my mom – any resemblance? :)
A part of my heart was definitely left at LOFT – an amazing 6-story home goods store that had everything you could ever need in life:
Ueno Park – we rented a row boat!
In Kamakura we had a scrumptious meal of maguro over rice, cold udon, and mochi tempura. That’s right my friends, MOCHI!!
We landed back in LA on Sunday, took a quick nap, and then jetted off to an engagement session. I’m SO excited to share the images from the session with you – the location was breathtaking and the couple is just the sweetest! Stay tuned!
Tags: japan, japan wedding photographer, japanese wedding photographer, tokyo
April 14th, 2009 at
HOLY WOW Adrienne! I’ve never been to Japan but after seeing your images and reading how much fun you had, it’s definitely on the top of my list of places to visit/shoot at before the year is over. Everything looks so beautiful and timeless!
April 14th, 2009 at
I LOVE the cherry blossoms!!! Wish we had them in California
April 14th, 2009 at
beautiful adrienne…you made everything including flowers look, well, appetizing!
April 14th, 2009 at
oh my gosh!!!! beeeaaautiful pics!!!! seems like you had an amazing vacation! i wish i could go back and visit japan! i stayed for a day in shibuya on my way back to the states and it was so fun!
April 14th, 2009 at
Mmm, mochi! Lovely shots, Adrienne. Asakusa looks divine, and I hope to never step foot into LOFT. Sigh.
April 14th, 2009 at
Great photos!
April 14th, 2009 at
your pictures are so pretty! i love the shot of you rowing the boat (which i just told you on gmail chat). haha. :)
April 14th, 2009 at
Beautiful images Adrienne! It looks like an amazing trip…
April 15th, 2009 at
I *heart* cherry blossoms! What fun pictures! Welcome home :)
April 16th, 2009 at
WOWNESS! BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS! YOU MAKE ME WANT TO VISIT JAPAN! I LOVED ALLLLLLLLL THE SHOTS TAKEN! Most especially the one with you rowing the boat! That shot looked GLORIOUS! LOVED IT!!!
April 18th, 2009 at
holy crepe adrienne!! these are all gorgeous! what a beautiful place! i wish i took my camera when i went :/ grr..
April 18th, 2009 at
Never been but Japan, but oh HOW beautiful!! These shots are delicious, Adrienne! So glad to have you back!
April 21st, 2009 at
Great post! I love the photos and they made me miss Japan too!!
April 27th, 2009 at
Hi Adrienne,
It was great to meet you at the Mock Day wedding! Your trip to Japan looks so awesome that it makes me want to go back STAT! Your blog and website are so cute! You defenitely have another web stalker in me. Haha! I love etsy too! Soo addicting!
July 6th, 2009 at
[…] of months ago. I had stumbled on her blog and e-mailed her because I loved a post she wrote on Japan. To be honest I’m more of a blog stalker than anything else, but I felt compelled to write […]