Due to a trip to the States, we missed the cherry blossoms this year to my great disappointment. It's always one of my favorite times to head down to Yoyogi Park and take in the sights and sounds of a Sunday in good weather; bands playing, yaki soba, Asahi beer, frisbees, circles of kids performing their choreographed dance moves.
One of the beautiful things here is that seasonal blooming flowers appear to have been part of the city planning. The sakura roll through the country in the month of April each year. Then, when they are gone, the tsutsuji arrive with their neon pink blossoms. They line the streets in green bushes you may not even take note of during the other 11 months of the year, but in early May, they are incredible. After they fade, the ajisai (hydrangea) arrive in blues and pinks. There is even a temple in Kamakura that is filled with them. It's just nice to have a new, colorful bloom appear on a seemingly monthly basis.
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