Spring in Japan means sakura, cherry blossoms, and hanami, cherry blossom viewing. It means trees covered thickly with ethereally pink cherry blossoms that are like nothing so much as a strange snow laid so thick that you expect branches to bow with the weight of them.
Every day, I ride the train from Higashi-Mukojima to Asakusa, and every day, that train crosses the Sumida River. Along the Sumida River is a row of famous cherry trees, and the train glides over them, over a cloud of pink flowers, and everyday people turn and twist to look out the windows at the sakura.
It's spring.
It's spring and the talk is of cherry blossoms.
1 comment:
wow it sounds like it's really pretty over there
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