I Photographed Cherry Blossoms… in Amsterdam

I’ve been seeing lots of cherry blossom photos from many friends who are visiting Japan or Korea for their beautiful and famous cherry blossoms. I’m sitting here at home in the Netherlands for a change and figured I’d show how I don’t need to travel halfway across the globe to get these shots.

Here’s a photo series from a forest called ‘Amsterdamse Bos’ (bos means forest). Take that!

A bit of info about this place:

This little area in the ‘Amsterdam Forest’ is called ‘The Cherry Blossom Park’. This part is actually officially in Amstelveen, which is a town that is connected to Amsterdam. In 2000, the Japanese Women’s Club gifted 400 cherry blossom trees to Amstelveen.

Every tree has its own name. Half of them have Japanese female names and half of them have Dutch female names. The park is part of a nature reserve and is a popular place especially for Japanese people in and around Amsterdam who go there for a picnic in the spring.

The place is not that big, but it’s nice to visit if you’re in or around Amsterdam between around now and the next two weeks. Just check for ‘Kersenbloempark’ on Google maps.

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