Please note: If you are visiting residential streets, please be kind and remember these are peoples’ homes. Try your best to stay off residential lawns, ensure you pick-up your trash, and do not touch the trees.
Cherry blossoms are at full bloom in Metro Vancouver, and people all over the city are trying to catch the perfect photo.
So what may be better than taking photos of these colourful blooms for yourself? Why that’s taking photos of the masses of people posing with them.
For the past few years, this local Instagrammer has been documenting the extremes in which people would go for that perfect shot, and people are loving her commentary, stories and posts.
Related: Everything you need to know about Cherry Blossoms in Vancouver
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Cherry Blossom Madness
The account, rightfully named “cherryblossommadness”, has been entertaining Vancouverites for years, and it has finally made it’s return this season.
The account owner happens to live on a cherry blossom hot spot, which is right in front of her house. It provides her a front row seat to those that come each year to take pictures of the beautiful blooms. Although she does not disclose where she lives, people have flocked to the area.
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Over the years she sees her normally quiet street get filled with people, and lovingly calls it “Cherry Blossom Madness”. It gives us amazing insight into the behind the scenes of how that perfect Cherry Blossom photo is really taken.
She documents people that get creative. Capturing the beautiful costumes she sees, the odd ways of taking pictures, and the people that seem to treat her home like a park.
So without further ado, here are our favourite stories from this year with her entertaining captions
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She also does advocate for respecting people’s lawns and the trees.
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All in all, it is innocent fun and proving to be as entertaining as seeing the cherry blossoms themselves. If you’re also looking for a great spot to catch some photos yourself, you should check out this interactive map with over 300 locations in Metro Vancouver.
Want to see more photos? You can see the account @cherryblossommadness.
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