Kameido Tenjin Shrine - Tokyo, Japan

 First full day in Tokyo! Since the Sakura blossoms came quite early this year, I was determined to see some Wisteria plants since they bloom later and are still a treasured flower in Japan although not as internally known as Sakura. I scoped out Kameido Tenjin as they have a wisteria festival every year to celebrate the amazing purple flowers. Alas, they also came early and were particularly gone when we walked into the shrine. They still have some festivities going on and I know at night the food stalls and lights lighting up flowers would have been a spectacle to see. We enjoyed some traditional singing and then accepted our fate and headed to eat some shiratama ogura anmitsu.