Koishikawa Korakuen Garden｜Iris in bloom and contrast of light

2025.06.03
Year 2025May 2025MayKoishikawa KorakuenTokyo Metropolitan areablooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Japanese iris
This photo was taken at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, where I felt "the contrast between the irises at the beginning of blooming and the light.
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This photograph shows irises that have begun to bloom at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden. In the contrast of natural light, with the shade in the foreground and the sun in the background, the flowers that have begun to bloom in patches remind us of the change of the season. Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, is a historic garden with a circular garden with a mountain and fountain garden, built in the early Edo period as a garden of the Mito Tokugawa family. Despite its location in the center of the city, the garden is beautiful in every season, and visitors can enjoy different aspects of the garden each time they visit. In spring, cherry blossoms bloom along the pond and among the woods in the garden, and weeping cherry trees and Someiyoshino cherry trees add soft colors to the garden. Time passes leisurely in a tranquility that one would not expect in the heart of the city. In early summer, irises are at their best, and the dignified flowers swaying on the water's edge further enhance the atmosphere of the Japanese garden. Walking around the iris fields, visitors can enjoy an elegant view of flowers of various colors.