Week in my Life Japan 🍡✨ cherry blossoms, festivals + spring vibes🌸

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0:00 Plan for the week
1:44 Nishi Park Cherry Blossom Festival
5:27 Tsutsujigaoka Park Cherry Blossoms + street food
11:21 Shopping for lunch under Sendai Station
13:17 Funaoka Castle Park Cherry Blossom Train
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[@joetaylor7292]

"I wish I could bring Maro out here but he hates the outdoors...and people" Same energy Maro I feel you

[@mudstuff]

I like the outdoors, but you got me on the other one 😁

[@grumpus5248]

Maro is my new spirit animal

[@crazybiogeek]

I am Maro.

[@marbleousmel]

I used to walk my cats. We even own a stroller. 🤣 I lost my friendliest boy, but am hoping to take his sister out again one of these days.

[@TimStamper89]

We are all Maro

[@faye_faye]

Nadine seems like such a kind, happy person

[@cinematicjapan]

🥰❤️

[@tastewithtiffany1462]

@@cinematicjapan Ahh, you have a channel!! 💗

[@RoseCloudLyrics]

Agreed

[@maxgullberg9733]

@@cinematicjapan she sure is!

[@belconsu]

I thought the same thing, she looks so sweet, I want a friend like her

[@seroTHANHin]

I’ve never been in Japan during cherry blossom season, such a big bucket list thing for me (I’ve been during summer and winter) but I know the timing is so hard to get right 🥺 thanks for bringing us along ❤️

[@ilurvekittenskittens59]

I’ve always wanted to go to Japan but plane tickets are about $2k usd.

[@21BJBBVIP]

Exactly!! And then when my friends and I managed to book a trip around that time, covid happened..... such a bummer.

[@Lisallamaa]

I've always heard autumn is just as beautiful as spring, too. The autumn leaves are said to be amazingly vivid.

[@JRevengeZzz]

@@Lisallamaa it is!! I always tell people to go there in autumn, I actually liked it as much if not more!

[@Enoxix.]

The color of those trees is absolutely stunning! I really have to visit Japan during Sakura season!

[@cinematicjapan]

Such a fun week of Cherry Blossoms! 😍😍😍 Loved adventuring with you! 🌸 Thanks for having me along on the adventure!!

[@sharlainjapan]

Thanks for hanging and showing me all the best spots in Sendai!! Looking forward to autumn trips already🥳👏🏻👏🏻

[@cinematicjapan]

@@sharlainjapan autumn already?? We gotta get through Tanabata first, my favorite festival!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍🎋

[@aristo999999999]

13:34 It looks like peach given the grouping. Generally plum will be more like individual flowers across branch with almost no stem, peach would be more like pairs across branches, while cherry/sakura more like bouquet grouping on the edge of small stems from larger branch. Sakura flower also should have small cleft on the petals, while peach is teardrop and plum is more rounded. CMIIW.

[@k_lee_bee]

Man, I was looking for this comment! Thank you!!

[@lonestray989]

I have an ornamental plum tree in my yard and they look very similar to sakura in a way except a lot smaller

[@ceruleanroses]

I also agree that these are peach! Also, peach bloom later than both plum, apricot or cherry.

[@aristo999999999]

Luckily Apricot and Almond flowers should be rarer in Japan, otherwise it will be even more difficult to differentiate.

[@Megan9689]

When my husband and I bought our house, I didn't notice for a year, but there is a tree in the backyard and it looked weird in spring so I took a closer look. Here it is a cherry tree with a grafted weeping cherry(sakura) tree on it so it had white blossoms on normal branches and then these weeping branches with pink blossoms!

[@vickeyheisler2369]

That sounds gorgeous.

[@joshuaskimore]

I really hope that Japan can open tourist entry by the Summer. Been really wanting to visit Japan for a while now. Just now getting the courage to go myself. One day I would love to be able to drink some coffee while sitting under a cherry blossom.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

桜ってほんま最高やなあ。心が落ち着くわ。桜の下で猫を散歩させられたらもう天国やわ。

[@jenunboxed512]

"I wish I could bring Maru out here to enjoy the park and the people, but he hates outside. And people." --such an iconic pet-parent experience.

[@SmokeJaguar101]

I've been wanting to visit Japan for years now, and channels like yours and AIJ and Tokidoki help give a really lovely glimpse into life over there, and also helps with a healthy sense of escapism :D

[@jessicanigri]

gorgeous sharla

[@sharlainjapan]

Thanks for watchingggg 🥺💖💖🌸

[@zpclosangelesgraffiticafe]

@@sharlainjapan why the sad 🥺 face though??

[@jastaz5760]

Gosh, your in and out of focus shots are stunning. The first shots alone have made me want to see the cherry blossoms X1000 more!

[@sharlainjapan]

Those are all James!! He’s super talented🥳👏🏻

[@je_ss]

My favorite memory in japan was coming across a festival and getting to try mitarashi dango :)

[@je_ss]

my goal is to try wagashi next time i visit japan, i always see it in your videos but never tried it yet! love the cherry blossoms

[@TheMathsVictor]

I don't know why, but there's something about these seasonal festivals that just gives me a VERY peaceful vibe. I really don't know why. I've never been to one, but just seeing it already gives me that wave of calm xD Loved it.

[@RoseCloudLyrics]

Maybe because the festival takes place in nature? But also like the lanterns

[@CloudsAndCoffins]

Nadine is adorable! Thanks for showing us all the trees, I can never get over how beautiful they are!

[@cinematicjapan]

🥰🥰✨

[@louiseb6111]

We’ve got Sakura trees dotted about here in Scotland and I absolutely adore them! They’re so stunning! 🥰👌

[@TheShadowCamo]

Everyone goes crazy for the cherry blosoms, but I'd really like to go check the plum blossoms and wisteria too! I think the Wisteria would be pretty amazing!

[@CocoCece08]

I've heard of a wisteria tunnel in Japan with blue, purple, and white wisteria (I think pink too, but can't be sure). It's GORGEOUS.

[@catherinebond7474]

Dare I say? I like plum blossoms more - so many colors. There are also hydrangea and spider lilies.

[@tokyo_taxi7835]

The wisteria and plum blossoms are just as spectacular as the sakura. ^^

[@kailenefalls8611]

The plum blossoms, while beautiful, tend not to encompass such huge areas as Sakura. I find Sakura more beautiful less because of the actual blossoms themselves, and more because the huge forested areas of pink are just so enchanting! There are a few larger plum spots here and there, but since they bloom earlier than cherry blossoms, all the flower viewing people tend to flood those few areas while waiting for Sakura to bloom. Wisteria are wonderful as well- I just visited the famous wisteria park in Tochigi last week. However, since they are much less common, the spots to see them tend to be extremely crowded, so keep that in mind! The thing with wisteria is that that generally need a lot more care (and support structures) than Sakura or plum, so it’s pretty rare to find big and beautiful wisteria that are in unknown areas. That being said, I love all three and make trips every year to see them all! Sakura just has the most bang for the buck!

[@MXR_Sparky]

I love Cherry Blossom, got a tree in my garden. She’s got beautiful pinks on her. Wish she would last much longer.

[@Kuromichi08]

I strive to be as happy as Nadine!

[@cinematicjapan]

❤️❤️❤️🥰✨🌸❤️

[@sockhawk4675]

Wow! Why am I not there? Two beautiful girls during the Cherry blossom festival doesn't get any better than this! Great photography even better editing!

[@sonitamong]

I really miss Japan 🇯🇵 especially the cherry blossom 🌸 I got a chance to visit Japan in 2006 and I got to see a little bit of the cherry blossom event they were not in full bloom because our group arrived a bit late but it was still beautiful 😍 Thanks for sharing this beautiful moment with us.

[@BeckyAlice]

I’m in Tokyo now - but I think I just missed the cherry blossom season 😞! I can’t wait to create my own memories in this country! Your videos are so helpful! 🥰 hello from a small KZbinr ☺️🇵🇭💖

[@cinematicjapan]

👋🏻🥰🥰✨

[@EllenTheArtist]

Your friendship with Nadine is also blossoming! I remember your Pokémon manhole hunt, you had so much fun.

[@sharlainjapan]

She’s the best! So glad we met🥰

[@cinematicjapan]

@@sharlainjapan nawww me too! 🌸

[@planetearth1705]

I love that Japanese sweets are not excessively sweet.

[@skylarkessler9805]

I love videos around Sakura season, they're so pretty. I really hope to visit Japan one of these years during Sakura season. Also, I love how you noticed the person walking their cat.

[@IssaHudgins]

This looked like a lot of fun and can I just say, Nadine is so adorable.

[@cinematicjapan]

🥰🥰 awww thank you!

[@tastewithtiffany1462]

Isn’t she!? So sweet!

[@Tz3952ii]

Ikr? She's so adorable!

[@Silieol_Nails]

I've been to Japan a couple of times, but never in the spring for the cherry blossoms. Hoping to get back there one day. Nostalgia hit and now I'm reading through the journal from my first trip there 18 years ago.

[@cinematicjapan]

❤️

[@DamnAwesome]

Nadine was always smiling, 100% I know she's a nice and positive person!

[@BookishPrincess]

This was so gorgeous, what incredible sakura adventures! That tram through the trees. 😍 Thank you for taking us along! 🌸

[@beyahbruce]

Ya know when I see the price of strawberries there it makes me so grateful that I get a box that is 2 pounds for $3. I eat like 4 or 5 with my breakfast almost everyday 😋 Looked like a great week to go park hoping, thanks for sharing the view! ♡

[@littlekitsune1]

We have a campus here with a bunch of old sakura trees, and it's such a great place to visit in the short window you have before the rain kills them. I'd still love to go see Japan's trees, though!

[@catsarkioja7423]

That mochi roll thingy looked so yummy!! I love how you got so excited over seeing the cat in the park (I would be too!) 🙂 so nice also that Nadine got to join another video! Looks like you made a new friend! ❤️

[@cinematicjapan]

🥰✨

[@highcommander2007]

Cherry blossom season in Japan is def on my bucket list. I hadn't thought about seeing them lit up at night. So beautiful! I am beyond on jealous.

[@markjohnson8030]

I finally got into japan this last three weeks, just in time to see the trees in Tokyo right before they went away! Gotta say thanks for the info and awesome videos you post that will probably come in handy these next couple of years!

[@itshoneybii]

This vlog is giving me 2016 vibes and I'm here for it xoxo

[@sharlainjapan]

😭💖💖

[@gordchapman3469]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Sharla! My apartment was just down the street from Nishi Koen; I used to go there for hanami parties with my English conversation school. My first few months in Sendai, I was at a homestay that was very close to Tsutsujigaoka. Looks like you went there at just the right time!

[@slytherinsky]

You have no idea how much I really needed this video right now we’re moving and one of our cats is lost and she’s been lost for three days and I’m so upset I really needed something to take my mind off of it, thank you.

[@hollybrennan7128]

I really hope your cat returns safely soon

[@sharlainjapan]

I’m so sorry I really hope you find her soon🥺🙏🏻❤️

[@cinematicjapan]

😭 ❤️🙏 praying your cat comes back!

[@wigglyone2451]

It's nice to see you met Nadine pokemon hunting & made friends with each other 😊🌸

[@FrameofTravel]

It was such a fun day! Thanks so much for inviting me out again!

[@sharlainjapan]

Thanks for coming all the way up to join!! So glad you could make it🥳🌸🌸

[@avsang]

Whoa the sakura place is soo beautiful…i wanna go to Japan! Travelgoals with hubby. BTW Im glad you have Nadine to spend the Festivals with, its more fun spending it with friends.

[@sonjaeibel6863]

This reminds me of my honeymoon in Japan during sakura season three years ago😍.Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[@gilliankies355]

I love learning about Japan, but it's the moments where Sharla gets distracted from all the pretty blooms because someone is walking a cat that keep me coming back. Woman after my own heart! Then, Nadine's smile is such a bright spot, as well.

[@leannemichelle8327]

Hey Sharla. I’m so glad to see things are returning to normal in Japan too. I’m so happy to see the food stalls and that festivals are back. I definitely shouldn’t have watched this while hungry. I’d love some Japanese food stall food. I wish Canada had little festivals like this during spring. I honestly just wish I lived in Japan lol. I’m glad you’re well!

[@SugarberriesT]

Those red and dual toned blossoms look like flowering quince to me, maybe one of the Japanese quince varieties. I love them!

[@apollo4657]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Your videos just make me happy. I truly thank you for bringing us along. 🌸

[@sharlainjapan]

Thank you for watching!! Appreciate you!! 🙆‍♀️🌸

[@megs5535]

The unknown blossoming trees look like plum to me! :) very gorgeous, I love the multilayered petals 💕

[@TheAndoExperience]

This is so pretty. Kicking myself that my first Japan trip was like a month before sakura season and I totally could've changed the dates if I had known at the time. Thanks for sharing ^_^

[@cerridwenhicksartdesign]

Hi Sharla, I think the other flowers you mentioned are apricots. They have a larger flower with lots of petals and abundant stamens. Love your eyeshadow! Cheers from a fellow Canadian! 🌸🇨🇦💖

[@hayleae.450]

You know us too well. As soon as the video started I was thinking that the lip color was so pretty!

[@sharlainjapan]

Haha knew it! 😆

[@HerraApina]

They look so gorgeous and that petal rain is so beautiful! 💕 It's still about a month until the trees here in Finland start to bloom unless it suddenly gets cold again, I'm just afraid that I'll miss them since I have some long work days scheduled for the estimated blooming days. 😮‍💨

[@hallinasjournal7795]

Wow the sakura are stunning at night as well! And yay Nadine is back ❤🥺 Thank you Sharla

[@cinematicjapan]

💃🏻 ✨🥰🥰🌸❤️

[@kndis]

This really cheered me up today 🌸 I needed something to squash some sad-rainy-winter-covid-isolating vibes 🙏 This did the trick.

[@veronicascholzcastro6019]

Ehrmagherd your white knitted top with a pearl pullie on the zipper is AMAZING!

[@sanashi27]

That looks like fun and the cherry blossoms are pretty! Hope things get better and there'd be proper festivals next year. I wish i could go to Japan to see those in person. And the food looks great, too!

[@sanponoko]

I miss the festivals too! 🌸☀️

[@sophieg1833]

I think it's really interesting that strawberry season in Japan is in winter. Because in Germany strawberry season is now really picking up and the fields for self picking aren't even open yet (in my town)

[@melissalayson7275]

In the U.S., the strawberry season is in May.

[@gabelemur2087]

I used to live in Yokohama when I was a child, I haven’t been back since I was like 10 years old but my heart longs to go back! Some day I want to bring my Husband and son over there and relive the good old days. I miss it so much.

[@sea80vicvan]

I think the the flowers at 13:35 are plum blossoms; they have the same dark pink/red color. You see them a lot around Seattle, almost as much as sakura. Those fesitvals are great to see, nice that there are some outdoor festivals happening again in Japan.

[@lozzielou]

Yes, I used to live in a Australian city with so many cherry blossoms and ornamental plums. They can be light pink, dark pink, red and even purple. Although ornamental peach can be dark pink too. The stripy flowered one is a peppermint flowering peach.

[@thomasinajefferson9971]

Awwww Nadine is darling! What a ray of absolute sunshine! More of her! ☀️🌸✨

[@cinematicjapan]

🥰🥰✨ thank you!

[@deaniej2766]

Lovely! I noticed how big the Forsythia is. It looks like most of the Spring flowers are blooming along with the Sakura. It would be lovely to just sit in a garden full of blooms.

[@ArchAngel149]

13:35 Looks like peach blossoms. Thank you for filming the sakura blossoms, it brings us joy especially when we couldn't go to Japan to see them

[@rebelle4503]

Nadine’s happiness and smile is so infectious! My mood has gone from 0 to 100!

[@cinematicjapan]

aw, thank you! ✨

[@RoseCloudLyrics]

The cherry blossoms are so pretty!!! I love weeping willows but I had no clue that cherry blossoms also had a weeping version. So pretty!!!!

[@juyuvlogs4211]

Woohoo on the way to 1 Million subscribers! 😘❤️

[@sharlainjapan]

One day!! 🥳🌸

[@juyuvlogs4211]

@@sharlainjapan I‘m sure it will happen this year! 😬 I‘m routing for you! ❤️

[@nalanip]

My brother and his husband will be stationed in Japan and I can't wait to go visit them there! It's been a huge dream of mine to visit the countryside ❤️ not so much the city 😂

[@TsukiNeko220]

The festival with the lanterns looked so stunning at night!✨🌸 Beautiful vlog, I hope I can visit the same places you showed someday~ Also, I believe the more vibrant flowers you weren't sure of in the video are Japanese Plum Blossoms!

[@salembookworm]

We have a huge cherry tree in our garden and it was full of cherry blossoms this year despite my parents cutting some branches, because they grew so long. I'm always excited when our tree starts to bloom. It hasn't had this many blossoms in ages. In Bonn, Germany we have a famous street lined with japanese sakura trees. My city district in Essen-Rüttenscheid is also kinda famous for it's sakura trees. But nothing comes close to the real deal in Japan.

[@Matthew_McRae]

Just once, I want to see the cherry blossoms bloom in Japan. My trip during Sakura season was cancelled in April 2020, my first trip was in fall of 2019, of course no cherry blossoms to be found. For now, I'll live vicariously through my favorite KZbinr for as long as I can remember. ALSO!!! Please bring Nadine along for more adventures! I was so happy to see her back again. Her smile is so contagious, even through her mask. Such a lovely soul and it seems like you guys vibe very well together 😁 Enjoy the cherry blossoms!

[@andrewmanfredi2960]

Super fantastic episode, I watched with my 9 year old daughter. I want to go on Sakura tour one day from the south of Japan to the North.

[@junotter4181]

🥲its snowing still where i live so ig i'll have to live vicariously through all the Japanese cherry blossom vlogs, thank you Sharla

[@mikeymoose7253]

Find it strange how they all bloom at once in Japan but in London some start in March and others are still blooming long into April 🌸

[@nicolemissdothacker]

Sakura season is my first choice for a time to visit Japan, the treats look amazing and the blossoms are so pretty.

[@meghenmatta2080]

We love Nadine, more Nadine adventures!

[@liprincessprincess]

I never wanted to visit Japan so badly until now. Such a joy to see this in person. Nice cinematography as well of the blossoms!

[@TheFULLMETALCHEF]

One can only take so much CUTENESS in one day! All y’all are adorable!

[@andrewmulder1858]

What a gorgeous video!! Sakura season is my favorite!! I'm so grateful to have been able to experience it during my time studying abroad and as an ALT. I hope to visit again sometime in the future. Thank you so much for sharing what sakura season is like in Northern Japan!

[@Ajlez]

Petals on the ground is just magical. 🥰

[@starshocker]

Cherry blossom and spring in Japan are such a treat. Wish I could see it for myself someday. Thanks for taking us along in this fantastical and magical journey.

[@saint7871]

皆さん楽しそうで良かったよー夜桜も中々楽しめたようだーJAPAN play enjoy

[@hollyslager2883]

Love the music chosen for this video. It is nice to see more people after these years of not seeing crowds

[@nathanelward]

Sharla, Victor, Nadine, new friends, Sakura, A slop car and a choo choo! YAY!!!! How can it get any better!!! ;)

[@cinematicjapan]

🕺 🎉

[@VagabondTurtle]

Springtime is possibly the best time in Japan, and I am so devastated it is another year I cannot see it. Hope for a better time next year. The "Slim Style Latte" is quite interesting :D

[@vickeyheisler2369]

Japan is on my bucket list of places to visit. Along with seeing a waterfall in Hawaii and volcano. Plus swimming with wild dolphins. And taking a Disney cruise.

[@EleniWiebeMentalWellness]

ah japan is so gorgeous! here in toronto we only have some sakura trees in a few parks. and in the countryside, my mom in law has 2 in her yard and defs the pink petals brighten up your day~ Happy late easter yall

[@TBonDc]

Thank you for your consistent coverage of cherry blossoms! This reminds me of the few I fell in love with when I lived in Washington DC.

[@edwinrosales6322]

Sakura season is such eye candy. Thanks for sharing, Sharla!

[@shimmiart4118]

The uphill train is called a fernicular! It all looks so beautiful~

[@Madlyaza1]

i adore the music you use its so chill and sweet

[@schnuds]

you filming the cat while pretending to film the cherrybloossms is so relatable to me xD

[@jacqueagawlik7897]

WOW! All the blooms are just beautiful!

[@ErininCopenhagen]

Such a colorful video 🌸🌸🌸 Can't wait to finish it!

[@japnuts]

Nice to see people out and enjoying life. Beautiful blossoms.

[@Yuna77_]

cherry blossom season is the best 😍

[@albertoalbertoni9529]

Nature is the most beautiful sight!!!

[@JanineAnita]

I am fortunate to live in Yorkshire UK where we have many cherry blossom trees...maybe not as many as Japan but enough to make me have memories of Japan in the springtime.

[@rainsarcasm336]

Such a cute font in between the days, thanks for sharing!

[@cristkilpatrick3970]

The scenery is absolutely beautiful!! Love all your adventures!! 🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@YasmeenMO]

Cherry blossom tress always looks so pretty

[@TheCreepypro]

this was so delightful I love sakura week so nice to come along

[@5feetaway326]

Can't wait till I finally am able to experience cherry blossom season in japan its been a dream all my life !!