Ive become a bit crazy over cherry blossom, with good reason. It is hard to capture their amazing beauty but when you look from afar they look light fluffs of white colour, almost like a painting superimposed over real life. The really cool thing about me joining all of Japan in their cherry blossom craziness is that they are EVERYWHERE. You dont notice them until this time of year. They are along streets, in parks, in courtyards of housing blocks, hanging over walkways, and of course in specially placed gardens and significant places and in various shades of pinks and whites.
The flowers last just about a week unless it rains or is very windy. The treat of the season is called 'hana mi' which means to look at flowers. You do this by means of a picnic (or drinking session) under the trees and look at the flowers and watch as they gently drop to the ground. It is such a lovely thing to do.
So the mooch, the pooch and I went to the local Yoyogi park, which has huge trees and lots of space, I have mentioned before, and just hung out with the cherry blossoms. You can see centuries of inspiration for art and poetry and why it is a huge part of Japanese culture. I guess because it is so transient and beautiful it gives people a change to stop and take a breath.
So, everyday until they fall down, we are out hunting for lovely things to see and play with.
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