2005-04-09-yuki-fubuki.md (952B)
1 +++ 2 title = "桜吹雪" 3 date = "2005-04-09T00:00:00Z" 4 slug = "sakura-fubuki" 5 tags = ["Japan"] 6 +++ 7 8 Last weekend, the temperature shot up to 23 degrees, and in the space of two 9 days, the cherry blossom trees erupted into bloom. The Japanese take this 10 opportunity to throw impromptu picnics, dinners, and random sake-drinking 11 events under [sakura][wiki_sakura] trees all across the country. 12 13 {{< figure src="/post/2005-04-09-sakura.jpg" 14 alt="Cherry blossoms near Naka-Meguro" >}} 15 16 The street behind my building is lined with sakura for as far as you can walk, 17 so it’s been packed with everyone in the neighbourhood until almost midnight 18 every night this week. With the cherry blossoms falling like snow since this 19 morning, the whole thing will be over with by early next week, so Yasuko and I 20 plan to get in one last hana-mi event tomorrow evening before heading back to 21 work on Monday. 22 23 [wiki_sakura]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom