Over the weekend, I got to go see the cherry blossoms two more times. The first time was on Saturday, where our school had a hanami (cherry blossom viewing) party. You can see the park we went to had lots of trees in full bloom:
Here's a shot of some of us having a picnic in the park:
Ayako and I stayed until dark. All the cherry blossom leaves that had dropped in the pond looked even nicer at night:
The next day we planned to see more cherry blossoms. Close to our house on Sunday, we passed a peach tree that is also in bloom at this time of year. This type of peach tree is extra nice since the leaves are either white, pink or dark pink, all on the same tree:
On Sunday, we were actually going to our local town's festival. You can see the festival in the distance with many cherry blossoms in view along the river:
We actually walked from our house with Heather and Stef. It was about a 45-minute walk:
The town has a parade during the festival. Everyone in the parade was dressed in traditional (Edo era) costumes. Check out the shoulders on these guys:
The festival is actually called the Princess Way and so here is the picture of the princess (for a day) going by us:
Ayako and I actually went to this same festival last year, and so you can see similar pictures if you look under April 2007 on my blog.
Here's a shot of some of us having a picnic in the park:
Ayako and I stayed until dark. All the cherry blossom leaves that had dropped in the pond looked even nicer at night:
The next day we planned to see more cherry blossoms. Close to our house on Sunday, we passed a peach tree that is also in bloom at this time of year. This type of peach tree is extra nice since the leaves are either white, pink or dark pink, all on the same tree:
On Sunday, we were actually going to our local town's festival. You can see the festival in the distance with many cherry blossoms in view along the river:
We actually walked from our house with Heather and Stef. It was about a 45-minute walk:
The town has a parade during the festival. Everyone in the parade was dressed in traditional (Edo era) costumes. Check out the shoulders on these guys:
The festival is actually called the Princess Way and so here is the picture of the princess (for a day) going by us:
Ayako and I actually went to this same festival last year, and so you can see similar pictures if you look under April 2007 on my blog.
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