Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Last of the Sakura

The weather, though slow to warm up, was still pleasant this weekend, and we made sure to be out getting the best of it. We spent a few hours enjoying the last of the sakura (cherry blossoms) on Saturday at Sunpu Koen in Shizuoka City.

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I took the train, since I had an engagement a couldn't risk being late for after ward, but Brian took his motorcycle. He says that the wind and noise as he was raging along the freeway was barely bearable, but lots of fun.

In the evening, we went out for dinner at our favourite yaki-tori shop, Tori-ichi in Susono. On the way there, Brian took this photo of an old cherry tree outside the train station.

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lyn said...

Ah, the sakura!

On our local note, John tells me that our own baby dogwood tree (the southern US's answer to your cherry blossoms) bloomed this year for the first time. In Tennessee - I'm missing it cause I'm still in Florida.

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