A Year of Colours: 2015 Review

What a year! I’ve been looking back at my photos from the start of the year, and they feel more like distant memories than things that happened less than 12 months ago. In between major events like snowboarding in Hokkaido, sakura-viewing and going to music concerts, which of course I can recall easily, there were lots of smaller, casual events like going to local festivals, hiking and checking out cool cafes, which I’d almost forgotten about. It’s especially in times like this that I am grateful to have these visual reminders.

For last year’s review, I wrote up my top 10 trips around the country. I probably did as much travel this year, but for my 2015 review I wanted to do things differently. I came up with the idea of sorting the year into colours a while ago, and have been excited to put it together. Not all photos are of Tokyo, but all were taken in Japan and have a special significance to me. Although this is a review post, there are a bunch of new pics about places I didn’t get a chance to blog about – so feel free to ask me about them if you want to know more.

Here is my ‘year of colours’!

Yellow

Momiji leaf in Kurobe

Gingko avenue at Showa Kinen Park

Gingko avenue at Jingu Gaien

White

Snowy Tokyo

SkyTree immersed in clouds

White Christmas at Kitte

Snowboarding in Niseko

Cherry blossoms in Ueno

Plum Blossoms at Hanegi Park

Brown

Wood carvings at Shibamata Taishakuten

Owl Cafe

Fine dining in Kagurazaka

Blue

Taylor Swift’s 1989 Tour

Nemophila at Hitachi Seaside Park

Art Aquarium exhibition

Lake Happo in Nagano

Winter illuminations in Shiodome

Spectacles Bridge in Nagasaki

Orange

Tanabata at Zojo Temple

Autumn in Takayama

Traditional dancing at a local festival

Totoro Cream Puff at Tolo Cafe

Winter illuminations at Tokyo Dome

Mt Fuji through the Shinjuku skyscrapers

Green

Baseball at Tokyo Dome

Hydrangea stairway in Tochigi

Kegon Falls in Nikko

Red

Spider lilies at Kinchakuda

Crowds at Ikegami Honmonji Oeshiki

Autumn at Koishikawa Korakuen

Chinatown Yokohama

Stunning summer sunset

Shirakawago

Pink

Cherry blossoms along the Meguro River

Azaleas at Nezu Shrine

Misato Fireworks

Koenji Awa Odori

Amane showing off her kimono

The Color Run at Tokyo Bay

Thank you all for reading and supporting Celia in Tokyo in 2015. I’m looking forward to bringing you more stories and pics in 2016.

Happy New Year!!