Other Cherry Blossoms

Somei-Yoshino, the most popular kind of cherry tree, finished its blooming season. I enjoy some others. 

A double-petaled weeping cherry tree

Its blossoms are smaller and more pinkish.

This one is double-petaled, too.

One blossom has a lot of petals. It looks like a soft ball.

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I hope April still brings you pleasant days to go out and enjoy nature.

 

Blossoms and Soba

Lots of people come on the dike to enjoy full bloom. Four young ones in the photo are Vietnamese. Japan has lost the necessary labor population to maintain its economy. They are working at factories in many cities. When I have a chance to contact them, I say some of their words such as hello, thank you.

 

It's nice to have soba (buckwheat noodle) in the season of cherry blossom.

The green paste on upper right is called wasabi 山葵, a native Japanese plant. It's sharp and sweet. You can get wasabi sold in a tube easily. However, most of them are mixed with horseradish. They are less sweet. The tempra on the right side is sakura-ebi or cherry blossom shrimp 櫻蝦天婦羅. You can enjoy fresh ones only in this season.

Mixing Memory and Desire?

The time to enjoy beauty of nature in the spring has come. 👀

It's nice to have a chance to look up blossoms in the early morning without any noise.

 

Cherry Blossom Front

 

When you visit Japan in spring and watch a weather forecast on the TV, you will see a nation map with some lines drawn on it. They tell you the average day when cherry blossoms will open . I found this map at an expressway rest area.

This cherry tree is a specimen. Not open yet. Do you know any other flower fronts?