Someiyoshino sakura (Prunus yedoensis) flowers: Tsurugaoka-hachimangu

 In front of the vivid vermilion-lacquered Maiden (the stage for sacred dancing) situated at the foot of the grand stone-steps of this old shrine, pale pink flowers of Sakura are shining softly in the gentle, oblique sunlight like the elegant flower decoration that adorns this stage.