[Taiwan] 台北，捷運東湖站，樂活公園賞櫻 (Lohas Park)

幾天前，女友傳了一則新聞給我，就在內湖的樂活公園有夜櫻季，可以去賞夜櫻，正好今年春節的天氣非常好，就找了一天的黃昏，與家人一起來到其實位於東湖的樂活公園賞櫻；到了才發現這兒有塊告示牌，說明整個樂活公園有種了哪些櫻花樹種，及各自的花期，原來這兒的櫻花，可以一路從一月底一直觀賞到四月初，真是多樣化！
Few days ago, my girl friend sent me a news which introduce the sakura in Lohas Park is really glamorous. Especially they turn on the light, the visitors can enjoy the sakura at night. So I came here with my family one day during the Lunar New Year, and wait for the light to be turned on.
There is a sign mentioned that because there are different kinds of sakura in the park, you may come here from the end of January to the beginning of April to see the sakura.

今天來，開得最好的櫻花，是位於第一區的寒櫻，寒櫻據推測是臺灣山櫻《緋寒櫻》與日本山櫻混合衍生的品種，由於是最早開的櫻花，故取名為寒櫻，台灣的陽明山平等里，新店花園新城，與這兒並稱為北部三大觀賞寒櫻名所；這次來的時機算是有點晚，一整排中有些花況沒那麼好，可能是已凋謝或是尚未開花，至少有三五株盛開，滿滿的櫻花，同時也有滿滿的人潮！
Today, February 18th, the focus is at Zone 1, the Cherry Tree. There are three to four Cherry Trees which have a lot of flowers on them, that's the most crowed area in the park. Everyone wants to take photos there. Most of above photos were taken at one of them.

樂活公園基本上是沿著內溝溪而建，櫻花樹便種在河堤上，因此人們可以走在河堤上，親近一旁的櫻花樹，拍照的角度非常好，難怪大家喜歡來；除此之外，步道另一側有大片草坪，也可見到許多人在此野餐，或許天氣再熱一點時，就會有人搭帳篷了也說不定。
The Lohas Park is along with the Nei Gou River and there is a large lawn in the Zone 1. There are people picnic here not because of the sakura, I believe they just do it on the weekends.

在第一區與第二區之間，河堤上鑲了幾幅內湖的古地圖，挺有趣的，可以花點時間，慢慢看著過去一百多年來的變化～
Between Zone 1 and Zone 2, there are old maps for this area which is interesting. You can see the history how the government manage the place.

進入第二區之後，主要就是八重櫻了，八重櫻是八重開的櫻花的總稱，並非特定的品種名，亦稱牡丹櫻，重瓣緋寒櫻或八重緋寒櫻，是山櫻花的改良種，顏色與花形都和山櫻花(下垂吊鐘形)相似，花瓣多層繁複，14-15瓣，落花時全花落下。
Zone 2 is for seeing Taiwan Cherry.

接下來以一座小橋做分界，主要栽種的是昭和櫻，由於花形漂亮，花期長，且低溫需求不高，適合平地栽種，很會開花，在台灣被大量繁植；最大特色是五瓣分離，花瓣有凹形切刻，落花時花瓣單片落下。

Then cross a small bridge for the Cherry Tree. 

在樂活步道的另一側，也別錯過相同花期的花朵，另有一番滋味。
On the other side of the 3rd area, the Lohas track also have some other flowers. Don't forget to stay and take a look.

走到此處，也差不多下午六點，太陽下山了，準備回頭，看看打光之後的「夜櫻」。
Here is the end I arrived. Since it's almost 6 o'clock, I went back to see how the sakura shows with lights.

沿路走來，黃色光從下往上打，帶來另一種不同的感受，有種暖意；也有不少團體來此拍照，正巧被我補捉到上面的畫面，自拍神器已經不止拿來自拍了，也為了拍攝更漂亮的櫻花！
You can easy to tell from the photo that the selfie stick can not just using for selfie, it's also a good tool to take photos closer.

這張想練習路燈下的櫻花，覺得角度不錯，只是構圖上似乎應該再濾掉一些前景的櫻花，仍然覺得有點太雜亂了。
It looks nice to take a photo of sakura with the street light, although I guess there may be too much sakura which makes it a little bit messy.

大家圍繞在開得最好的櫻花前搶鏡頭，哈～
There are more people near the one with a lot of sakura, and also more cameras.

這就是2018年春，樂活夜櫻季！
This is the Lohas Cherry Blossom Festival in 2018 Spring.

樂活公園：
114 台北市內湖區康樂街61巷