We're back from Hawaii! It was nice to be in the States for a while though Hawaii was so catered to Japanese tourists that it almost felt like we never left! More of that trip soon. I'm trying to catch up with all my photos so I'm sort of going to be blogging out of order. It'll all make sense at some point, I promise!
So before we left, April had us surrounded by cherry blossoms. I'm used to catching cherry blossoms (sakura) here and there back home, but in Japan, they really are everywhere and it really is so pretty. All of my schools had trees blossoming and all around town, the fluffy flowers were everywhere. Mostly in pinks, white, and red.
In Japan, they have Sakura Festivals where the main event is to picnic and drink beer under the beautiful blossoms. Ah, the simplicities of life. We partook and enjoyed the festival food and booths. One of which was this old-fashioned rice popping machine. It was so loud!
Yesterday was Children's Day, part of Golden Week celebrated in May. Golden Week is a 3 day holiday for everyone in Japan so it's one of the few times families actually are free to spend time together. So of course, it's the busiest travel time of the year. Luckily we got a head start with our trip so we just enjoyed the days off and relaxed with neighborhood BBQ. The weather has been great and everything is all shades of green here. I've never seen so many different shades of green. I took this pic with my cell phone so it's not the greatest, but hopefully you can see the shades and the koi fish flags that are out for Children's Day. More here and more to come soon...
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