Well everyone, it's official ... I live in a beautiful place! Check out some of these pictures ...
This is at my local park, only about a 10-15 minute walk from my house.
Cherry and plum blossoms, about a 10-15 minute drive from my house.
View of Mt. Iwaki from Hirosaki park, about an hour's drive from house.
I'll add some of the other pictures from Golden Week onto my pictures page soon (if they fit within the month's limit). This last week was a lot of fun! Monday and Tuesday I had work, but as soon as work was over it was all play, play, play. Tuesday night, peole came up to Kanagi to check out (a quite impressive) fireworks show. The next day we headed down to Hirosaki park to check out some cherry blossoms, it wasn't quite peak yet, but it was still absolutely beautiful. The sun was shining, there were blue skies, and I even got a little sun burned! Thursday we headed to Fujimiko Park for a barbeque under the sun and then went to Karaoke at night. Friday, people came back up to Kanagi again for a Tsugaru Shamisen (Japanese string instrument that is from the area where I live) competition. Saturday, we went to go see cherry and plum blossoms ... the plum blossoms differ in color from the cherry blossoms, which tend to be white or pink, whereas the plum blossoms are a much more vivid pink or purple color. And today, there will be more cherry blossom viewing in Kanagi again.
Ahhhh ... I love spring!!! Everything is turning green, and it's getting warm, and just all around beautiful! I even have daphodiles growing in my yard! I always used to love fall (still do), but I'm starting to appreciate spring now that I can experience a true spring (southern California just kind of goes from hot to warm to cool to warm to hot so you don't get the extreme seasonal changes that you get here in northern Japan).
All around in a good mood! Feel as if change is in the atmosphere ~ and good change I hope! :-P
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yeah right... you love spring because it's beautiful. :P i bet you LOVE spring because no more snow shoveling. hee.
seriously - the photos are gorgeous! thanks for sharing.
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Wow! absolutely breathtaking! Have to have some to blow up and hang! I am glad all is well and your enjoying yourself! Spring brings new growth and LOVE is in the air! love you
hey kanagi, great pictures. are u staying this year? and are you going to come out and play now the weather is more pleasant. snow? whats that??? what a wonderful spring. and what a night in fukurarararara (sp?) i had the best time ever, until I had to go back home early. and to think i went to the casino night too. thats why ive been bashing kids and stealing their lunch since i got back from thailand. anyways. herro and lets asonde soon!
m in h x
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