Cherry blossoms x carp streamers

Each year I like to get photos of cherry blossoms with other things in the background. So each year I have a mental list of the kind of photos I want to take. This year there were two in particular I wanted to get to add to my collection. The first, was cherry blossoms with nemophila or baby blue eyes flowers. That was a success and I was delighted to get that crossed off my list. The other was cherry blossoms with carp streamers...

I did get to see carp streamers and cherry blossoms. Carp streamers, seen flying in the sky in this photo, are called koinobori in Japanese. They are flown for boy's day which falls during Golden Week annually. The cherry blossoms in this photo are late blooming cherry blossoms known as yaezakura. They are still blooming in some parts of Saitama today, April 25th 2025, but they are starting to finish up in other areas.

Unfortunately, I am not very happy with the photos I got though. The weather was not in my favor. Neither my smart phone nor my camera do well in cloudy weather. Or most likely, its me that is the problem! I am not a photographer and I don't use any additional camera apparatus when taking photos. So I don't think I will be crossing "cherry blossoms x carp streamers" off my list yet. I will try and get better photos next year.

Do you know of any nice spots where you can see cherry blossoms with carp streamers flying?