O hanami!!

Hello ya'll. I just thought I'd post some overdue pictures. These were taken in the middle of April in a small town called Funaoka, which is 30 minutes south by train from Sendai. My co-workers, some students and I went to see the cherry blossoms and have our annual party. Funaoka has a hill and a riverfront which are both covered with cherry trees (there are 1000 trees along the river). We chose to have the party on the hill because there are lots of food vendors half way up the hill. Unfortunately, the weather was some of the worst in a long time for April, so it was cold and raining a little. So we packed up the party after about 2 hours and went back to Sendai to have an indoor second party.

If you ever plan to come to Japan, I highly recommend coming in early to mid April so you can see the cherry trees in full bloom.

As for present events, I'm back to work this week after having had 9 days off for Golden Week, the series of holidays in late April/early May in Japan. It's been another fast week at GEOS (and fun). I'll post some pics from GW next time (^_^).