Sumida Park is located just east of the Sensō-ji Temple in Asakusa (the northeastern part of Tokyo). The park is situated on both 
sides of the Sumida River that runs through the east side of Tokyo. According to my internet searches there are over a thousand cherry blossom trees in this park and being too lazy to count them I will take their word for it. The first weekend that we went to the park the blossoms where barely blooming, but the crowds were still out. The following weekend the trees were fully bloomed (and likely the next weekend half of the blooms will have fallen off). There were various food stands and we even saw a Hawaiian luau on a large stage, though we still haven’t figured out what a luau has to do with cherry blossoms.
sides of the Sumida River that runs through the east side of Tokyo. According to my internet searches there are over a thousand cherry blossom trees in this park and being too lazy to count them I will take their word for it. The first weekend that we went to the park the blossoms where barely blooming, but the crowds were still out. The following weekend the trees were fully bloomed (and likely the next weekend half of the blooms will have fallen off). There were various food stands and we even saw a Hawaiian luau on a large stage, though we still haven’t figured out what a luau has to do with cherry blossoms. 
My personal favorite picture at Sumida park was this one of Anne getting a "taco" ball without her knowing I was taking a picture. Tako in Japanese means octopus, which is what the sign looks like and what we have come to enjoy calling them, though technically the balls are made of ika, the Japanese word for squid. These squid balls are a favorite of Anne's as they likely remind her of Taipei (they sell them at the Taipei night markets).
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