Forbidden colours 秘すれば花なり
Originally uploaded by nofrills
はなのいろは うつりにけりな いたづらに わがみよにふる ながめせしまに（小野小町）
From 百人一首 (Hyakunin Isshu) -- "One hundred poets, one hundred pieces".
Photo taken on 3rd April, 2010.
Tokyo, Japan
One of the pics I took two years ago:
This colour doesn't last long. It is called "桜色 sakura iro", or cherry colour, in Japanese. (I hate to see the Japanese word "ピンク pink" is used to describe this. This is not ピンク, though it belongs to pink shades. )
