Spring in Japan: Part 1

I received comments from some of my blog followers to continue.  I actually missed blogging, so I decided to continue my blog.  My wife and I visited Japan for three months and I'm going to post some pictures.  This is part one: Cherry blossoms (Sakura) in Tokyo.  Tokyo has some most beautiful spots to enjoy sakura in Japan, if you don't mind a crowd of people. This is Ueno Park area. It will light up in evening and giving fantastic view and not so great drunken people.  You can drink in the public in Japan.

Since I am a Forester I should mention about tree. These cherries are call "somei yoshino" variety and most common sakura in Japan.  Japanese has been cultivating ornamental tree species for few hundred years.  Somei yoshino is a man made variety cultivated from several species of native sakuras and planted all over Japan.

Although sakura blossom last only a couple weeks, Japanese enjoy a peaceful moment in the spring.  I bet my doughnut that Japanese is the only people in the world talking about when sakura blooms in the national news every day in the spring.  Japanese should be proud of being a nature lover, but at the same time be grateful living a peaceful country.   It reminds me every time I watch sakura blooms.  Enjoy Sakura!