Hanami@Shinjuku Gyoen:March 28, 2010
One week has passed since the cherry blossom was officially announced in Tokyo (It was declared by Japan Meteorological Agency in March 22 although only few flowers were open. See “Yasukuni Shrine: March 22, 2010”)
I visited Shinjuku Gyoen for Hanami today. The garden is one of the most famous Hanami (cherry blossom picnic) spots in Tokyo. It has about 1300 cherry trees.
Only 20-30% of the flowers were open.
It was so cold today. But thousands of people were there.
They were sitting on the picnic sheets and taking wines and foods. They were in heavy overcoats.
The most common words among them should have been … “It’s so cold.”
Japanese people do Hanami even if it is too cold to enjoy it.
One week has passed since the cherry blossom was officially announced in Tokyo (It was declared by Japan Meteorological Agency in March 22 although only few flowers were open. See “Yasukuni Shrine: March 22, 2010”)
I visited Shinjuku Gyoen for Hanami today. The garden is one of the most famous Hanami (cherry blossom picnic) spots in Tokyo. It has about 1300 cherry trees.
Only 20-30% of the flowers were open.It was so cold today. But thousands of people were there.
They were sitting on the picnic sheets and taking wines and foods. They were in heavy overcoats.
The most common words among them should have been … “It’s so cold.”
Japanese people do Hanami even if it is too cold to enjoy it. There were so many people and the policemen were busy in guiding the visiters outside the park.
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