{"id":2134,"date":"2025-04-17T22:36:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2025-04-17T22:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:36:27","slug":"cherry-blossoms-in-nagano-prefecture-april-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/cherry-blossoms-in-nagano-prefecture-april-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry blossoms in Nagano Prefecture, April 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d289869965d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"872\" height=\"586\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sakura-Nagano-2004-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sakura-Nagano-2004-3.jpg 872w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sakura-Nagano-2004-3-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sakura-Nagano-2004-3-768x516.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s cherry blossom season now! Going through my box of old photographs, I found these pictures of cherry blossoms in a park near where my in-laws live in Nagano Prefecture. We were visiting Japan for a month when I took these. These photos were taken on Fujicolor 200 film with my Canon AE-1 Program SLR camera. Below are photos I took at night on a bulb exposure with my tripod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d2898699cab&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"586\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sakura-Nagano-2004-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sakura-Nagano-2004-1.jpg 864w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sakura-Nagano-2004-1-300x203.jpg 300w, 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(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly is this cute picture of Mayu I took the next day at that park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure 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Going through my box of old photographs, I found these pictures of cherry blossoms in a park near where my in-laws live in Nagano Prefecture. We were visiting Japan for a month when I took these. These photos were taken on Fujicolor 200 film with my Canon AE-1 Program SLR &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/cherry-blossoms-in-nagano-prefecture-april-2004\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cherry blossoms in Nagano Prefecture, April 2004&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[94,100,93],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan","category-life","tag-cherry-blossoms","tag-mayu","tag-sakura"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":793,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/a-father-daughter-picnic-under-the-cherry-blossoms\/","url_meta":{"origin":2134,"position":0},"title":"A father\/daughter picnic under the cherry blossoms","date":"2023-04-04","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I took the day off to spend with my daughter. 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