So, after a "little break", I'm back. . . and it's cherry blossom season again (could there be a better time to "be back" in the blogging world?!) And cherry blossoms (sakura) means festival (matsuri) time. . . with all the little vendors lining the walkways selling everything from grilled corn-on-the-cob, to fish shaped "pancakes" filled with cream or sweet red beans, to chocolate bananas to fried noodles, fried balls with huge chunks of octopus. . . and sticks skewered with beef, chicken or. . .
squid!! (hungry anyone?!)
Today was absolutely the
perfect day for seeing the blossoms -- they say "mankai" here and it literally means "full, to the point of brimming over" and "open". . . And that's exactly what we enjoyed, as the breeze gently blew among the white fluffs of blossom above, and showered down delicate petals onto the ground below. God must have known how the Japanese would cherish his gorgeous "sakura". :-)
Here's our lunch spot -- we each brought a few different foods from home, sat on the "Kitty-chan leisure sheet" (ie. plastic tarp with cute Hello Kitty cartoon motif on it), pulled out "my hashi" (a set of chopsticks that I got as a present a couple of weeks ago -- they have my name engraved, and the purpose is to reduce waste by not using disposable chopsticks -- smart, eh?), and enjoyed our little picnic together. This is Kinuyo, an English student and friend.
Tourists in a sight-seeing boat out to see the cherry blossoms lining the riverside. I think it's so neat how they purposefully plant cherry trees in parks, and along river and road sides for people to enjoy. Happy Spring everyone!
So, after a "little break", I'm back. . . and it's cherry blossom season again (could there be a better time to "be back" in the blogging world?!) And cherry blossoms (sakura) means festival (matsuri) time. . . with all the little vendors lining the walkways selling everything from grilled corn-on-the-cob, to fish shaped "pancakes" filled with cream or sweet red beans, to chocolate bananas to fried noodles, fried balls with huge chunks of octopus. . . and sticks skewered with beef, chicken or. . .
squid!! (hungry anyone?!)
Today was absolutely the perfect day for seeing the blossoms -- they say "mankai" here and it literally means "full, to the point of brimming over" and "open". . . And that's exactly what we enjoyed, as the breeze gently blew among the white fluffs of blossom above, and showered down delicate petals onto the ground below. God must have known how the Japanese would cherish his gorgeous "sakura". :-)
Here's our lunch spot -- we each brought a few different foods from home, sat on the "Kitty-chan leisure sheet" (ie. plastic tarp with cute Hello Kitty cartoon motif on it), pulled out "my hashi" (a set of chopsticks that I got as a present a couple of weeks ago -- they have my name engraved, and the purpose is to reduce waste by not using disposable chopsticks -- smart, eh?), and enjoyed our little picnic together. This is Kinuyo, an English student and friend.
Tourists in a sight-seeing boat out to see the cherry blossoms lining the riverside. I think it's so neat how they purposefully plant cherry trees in parks, and along river and road sides for people to enjoy. Happy Spring everyone!
1 comment:
Ou SO pretty! and its looks so nice and warm :P unlike here . it was nice then got cold again.. about -25 with the wind the last couple days. oh well spring will come here soon.
Glad to finally see a UPDATE! lol j/k j/k i swear you update more than i ever have!
HAha
Later
l,
Steph
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