Going to See Cherry Blossoms（Hanami 1）

Over 10 years ago, in a Japanese listening class, a cherry blossoms conversion held at a park was showing from the video. I didn't understand most of coversations, However, "How wonderful..." spoke by a Japanese woman wearing the tradition Japan dress (着物）left a deep impression to me.

I was wondering why Japanese really like cherry blossoms so much.

The first time went to Hanami(花見) was at Sumida River park in Tokyo. It was beautiful. The second time went just two weeks later, the cherry flowers dropped like snowing. The third time is all gone, left a inch flowers on the ground. The beautity of the cherry blossoms and the shortness of the cherry blossoms caught the heart of the Japanese, I think.

Today we went to Hanami. The Kumamoto castle surrounded by the cherry blossoms is
more splendid than Hanami just in a park.

Kumamoto is earliest cherry blooming city in Japan this year. The weather is wonderful and we had a pleasant day.