April is the most hectic month in Japan — the start of the aca | Kyoto Insights ⎈

April is the most hectic month in Japan — the start of the academic and fiscal years, new anime season, everyone’s moving houses, cities, changing jobs, entering or graduating schools/universities. And whoever is not busy with the above-mentioned mundanities is most likely traveling around the country to appreciate (=take tons of pictures of) sakura in full bloom. This year foreign tourists couldn’t join the race, but because of that Kyoto was swarmed by domestic visitors who were naive enough to think they would avoid the usual crowds this way. The flowers were still breathtaking and I borrowed my good friend’s little Fuji XT30 to capture it for you in between several hardcore deadlines. Can’t believe that my fourth year in Japan just began.