Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Sakura 桜 - Shukugawa



Located in western Nishinomiya this riverside park is a wonderful spot to enjoy the sakura and the many people engaged in appreciating them. Enjoying flowers in Japan is quite popular and it even has a term "hanami" or flower viewing (花見), a practice many centuries old originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court but soon spread to the common people. Under the sakura trees people lunch and drink sake in cheerful revelry. Spring has finally arrived, so it is time to prepare a bento, pack into one of Japan's many parks, find a flowering sakura, throw down a plastic sheet & blanket (don't forget to take off your shoes!), oh and bring lots of booze and get totally cockeyed.
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5 comments:

  1. K and SMarch 31, 2010 at 8:35 AM

    now if we could only have some sun with this :)

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  2. JonathanMarch 31, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    True! I guess we will have to be content with the warmer temperatures over the next two days and hopfully a little sun will also peak in before the rain returns.

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  3. K and SMarch 31, 2010 at 4:33 PM

    keeping my fingers & toes crossed!

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  4. AnonymousApril 4, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    Love these photos! I never tire of seeing sakura blossoms! Can we have more? :) :)

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  5. JonathanApril 5, 2010 at 4:08 PM

    I am glad you are enjoying the photo's and thank you for the comment! I have more pictures of Sakura on the way, I spent the weekend enjoying the sakura and will have the posts up this week.

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