I think it is finally here!

Last Sunday, I encountered my first cherry blossom of the year. It was not the celebrated "sakura" (someiyoshino - Cerasus × yedoensis) but "Kan-zakura" (Prunus x kanzakura cv. Kanzakura). It was definitely not plum which has been in full force lately.

As I took a nice long morning run, I could hear a Japanese Bush Warbler singing.

Also, in a flower garden of wild mustard plants, honey bees were busy collecting nectar.

I also spotted my first ladybug of this year. It is now warm enough to have waken it from hybernation.

I think I can declare spring IS finally here in Tokyo.