The cherry blossom is undoubtedly an enduring cultural touchstone of Japan. Yet its bloom is fleeting, confined to the brief window between spring and summer. Traveling through Tokyo in the height of summer 2023, while I missed the iconic blooms, a question sparked my imagination: Could this lush sea of green evoke the delicate pink dream of sakura? Channeling the visual language of infrared photography, I used digital post-production to paint the verdant summer trees with dreamlike cherry-blossom hues. This vision, born from the unseen light, prompted the name for this series: BlacklightTokyo