Shinjuku Gyo-en (Japanese: 新宿御苑) is located in Shinjuku (新宿), Tokyo, Japan. It is an ideal place for Cherry blossom viewing, but besides cherry flowers, other flowers are also beautiful and worth seeing.
Early spring in March is the best time for viewing plum flowers, when plum blossoms are not as brilliant as cherry blossoms, but clean and elegant, not so many people admire such implicit beauty.
Perhaps the plum flowers see Choumeizai as their friend, the air is full of the fragrance of plum flowers, so sweet.
There are two plum flower gardens in Shinjuku Gyo-en, both are beautiful and not too big, it is better to visit both if you have time.
Besides plum flowers, there are several Yulan trees (Chinese: 玉蘭) in Shinjuku Gyo-en, all bloom pretty well, looks like snow.
Yulan is native to central and eastern China. Its flowers were regarded as a symbol of purity in the Tang Dynasty and it was planted in the grounds of the Emperor's palace or Buddhist temple gardens.
If you guys want to enjoy the flowers viewing in Shinjuku Gyo-en, Choumeizai suggests you should go there at 9am in the morning, since there are not so many visitors at this time and the lighting is much better.
