On Saturday, my boyfriend and I visited the Japanese gardens at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens for the annual Harumatsuri, or Spring Festival! The weather was perfect – sunny and cloudless, accented with a nice breeze! The flora was beautiful, and we had so much fun watching the martial arts and bamboo flute demonstrations!
The koi fish were MASSIVE! I’m assuming the visitors keep them well-fed.
And the giant Zen Garden:
April 27, 2010 at 7:00 pm
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As a girl who shares your love of all things weeaboo, this is AMAZING. I wish there were something like this in D.C.! Did you wear a yukata?
April 27, 2010 at 10:15 pm
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We are quite like-minded! <3 You guys have the Cherry Blossom festivals, right? Unfortunately we don’t have one of those here! I didn’t wear a yukata (I don’t own one, sadly) but this did inspire me to consider making one!
April 27, 2010 at 11:32 pm
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Did you go red again? I hope so, it looks good on you…LOL I actually have come pictures of similar fish my boyfriend took in the Botanical Garden, New York. I’ll post that on my blog. You take beautiful pictures.
April 27, 2010 at 11:35 pm
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Sorry about my name error, I fixed it..:)
April 28, 2010 at 2:18 pm
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Goregous, goregous photos :).
April 28, 2010 at 4:52 pm
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Those yukata are so pretty, I want an excuse to wear one :O Lovely photos as always!
April 28, 2010 at 9:41 pm
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I love your pictures!!
April 29, 2010 at 4:26 am
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Catherine: These are beautiful. And so authentic. Brings back memories. Not too distant memories.
April 29, 2010 at 10:41 am
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this place looks AMAZING! i’m so intrigued. these photos are awesome!
April 29, 2010 at 7:30 pm
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Wow, those koi fish are HUGE! Your hair is stunning, by the way. It makes me wish I had red hair!
May 2, 2010 at 9:30 pm
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The pictures are GORGEOUS. I especially love the close-ups, the zen garden, and the bamboo fountain thingy in black and white.
May 3, 2010 at 2:00 pm
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Beautiful beautiful images! Love it!
xxx
May 3, 2010 at 6:45 pm
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beautiful beautiful images, looks like a lot of fun & exactly the kind of place i would love to visit too.
(thank you also for your sweet words)
May 4, 2010 at 5:19 pm
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wow! amazing photographs! love the koi!
man, I love Japan ;)
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