HANAMI-CHERRY BLOSSOM VIEWING

This time I'm going to write about my hanami experiences of 2015.


Cherry blossom viewing is called 'hanami' in Japanese.
In Kyoto, cherry blossoms come out between late March and April. And there are many good cherry blossom viewing spots around Kyoto City. Temples, shrines...I think you can have both of the sense of the seasons and historical parts of Kyoto at the same time.


On the 30 of March, I met up with Payton who is one of wonderful friends. We met for the first time in about two years! We walked around Kyoto City and visited Yasaka Shrine (Maruyama Park) and Heian Shrine.
And on the 31, I visited Nijo Castle with two wonderful people from workplace.

There are various styles of hanami. I saw many viewers and street stalls. And I also saw many people enjoyed talking, eating and drinking under the cherry blossoms in full bloom.
Of course, some people enjoyed eating and drinking rather than the cherry blossom viewing. We call that attitude 'hana yori dango' in Japanese (dango is sweet rice dumpling.)


By the way, I've been feeling a little down these days... I was transferred to a different post due to personnel changes in April. And now I'm spending a very stressful time...
Ah, I want to go back to the great days off!



Matsuri
(Thanks for stopping by and reading! I love hearing your comments:) I'm not good at English! When finding mistakes in my English, will you correct them if you don't mind?)