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Hi @ReggaeJahmm and fellow hivers. Itโs been a while. The last few weeks have been a bit crazy. Thereโs been lots of newness at work and in my family. Huzzy and I have added responsibilities at work and our kids have moved to higher grades in school. Within a month, my older son graduated from elementary school and started going to a junior high school. We are now on four different schedules. We hope for a great year.
April marks the start of the school and financial year in Japan. Itโs usually bit of a busy beginning but one thing many people try to do, is enjoy the cherry blossoms (sakura) season. While most Japanese still wear masks due to the corona virus, it was great to see many people having picnics or just walking about to enjoy spring in its beauty.
Picnic Time๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
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Thereโs something special about having picnics in the view of cherry blossoms. If a windy day, petals can be seen flying in the air and falling beautifully to the ground.
My family went to two picnics. One was with a group of fourteen families and the other was with a group of about ten people. We went on two consecutive days in the hope of enjoying much of the short-lived blossoms. We prepared some food for the first picnic but food was provided at the second. Some of the activities included sakura-paper art using paper plates, games, songs and dance. We had a lovely time. ๐ฅฐ
Food Time
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Before leaving home, we prepared some carrot and cucumber curls, boiled eggs, baked chicken, tuna rice balls and balls of apple. We added some shiso-fried chicken that we had picked up at the supermarket.
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We also enjoyed some mochi. Sakura mochi is maybe my favorite. Itโs filled with red bean paste, wrapped in a leaf and has a sweet-salty taste.
A few days after attending the picnics, those blossoms were gone.
Recently however, I went to a park with the kids and spotted a different kind of sakura. They made my day as I had thought that the season was totally over.
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What a beautiful time of year it is.
What are some of your best experiences around spring time?
Thank you for reading this post. Have a great weekend. ๐ถ๐ธ
Hi there !
Love these beautiful photos. It looks so nice out there and certainly a perfect place for a picnic (or two). I'm glad you found some more to enjoy later.
Our Bradford Pear trees (no real pears, just ornamental) bloomed early and disappeared. Next came the redbuds and the dogwoods. I have one white dogwood in my yard. A bloom or two popped out here and there, then we had a windy storm and then a few more blooms popped out.... then another VERY windy storm, so it still has a few blooms on it between the small new leaves, but it never got a chance to be completely covered in it's thick glorious blooms like normal. Oh well.... maybe next year.
I love seeing the pretty way your fun food looks. Perfectly made for picnics.
WOW Junior high school life. I wonder what club he is gonna join?
Those other cherry blossoms are blooming and falling around here now, they don"t get as much attention as the sakura queen though eeh?
Extra responsibilities, I hear yah, same here and the pay stays the same. But jah will pay me the way I see it.
My best experince so far in the spring was a Ohanami BBQ, looking forward to try camping with the fam during Golden week ( fingers crossed ).
All the best in the "New Year".