Sakura!!! OH Sakura!

Hatori:"What do you think snow becomes after it melts?"

Tohru:"What? Um, let's see. It..It becomes spring, doesn't it? No matter how cold it is now, spring will come for sure. Amazing, isn't it? Snow always melts away. Always. I love spring the most."

This is a snippet conversation from one of the anime that I love... Fruits Basket!... When snow melts, spring will come for sure... 必ず。。。And when spring comes... Cherry Blossoms or "SAKURA" will adorn the whole place. 

Its beauty and its promise to each one of us for a new beginning will surely touch everyone's heart. 

If Tohru from Fruits basket, had Spring as her most favorite, Spring for me is the 2nd... I love Autumn more.. anyways.. let's talk about Spring and Sakura...

Lovely Sakura I captured last year April 7, 2012

This year, Im too busy enjoying myself with the snow and snowboarding, I wasn't able to go to Hanami / Sakura Viewing with some of my friends. The Sakura Bloom this year was way too early in Tokyo areas... This week, the Sakura trees in almost all Parks in Yokohama area are now withering :(... Sakura blossoms will only last at most 2 weeks from first bloom...

Too bad for me,  Thus, I just want to share our Hanami last year 2012... since I was not able to write anything about this as well. And also its been a year since then, Today is April 7, 2013... We did have our first Hanami last year April 7, 2012...

When I first came here in Japan, I swear to myself I would lavish myself with Sakura views and take note.. LIVE Sakura viewing... ^_^...  and my wish was granted last year :) we went to two Parks with great number of Sakura Trees, parks good for Sakura Hanami... 

First we went to Sankeien Garden...

We really had fun... enjoying the view and the food we brought. It was also a great time to celebrate one of my friends' birthday... The only thing that sometimes annoy us was the COLDNESS!... Gosh, we thought that since it was already Spring, we don't need to wear thick clothing, however... in Sankeien Garden.. it was soooooooo COLD! Right now, I could still remember me shivering.. HA HA HA!!!

まいいか！To sum up everything, it was a GREAT FIRST HANAMI I had... 

Here are some of the pics we had in our Sankeien Hanami!

Our First Touch of Sakura Flower ^_^

Me enjoying the SAKURA!!!

Beautiful... isn't it?

Midst the coldness... vanity it is!

And since, we still wanted more of SAKURA... we went to Showa Kinen Koen... or to call the park easily Tachikawa Park.. HE HE HE... 

It was a huge park, you need to ride a bike to explore the whole place... and the pressure is on... I need to learn how to bike... o.O OMG! And so, I practiced riding the bike the night before and TADA! I really am productive under pressure HA HA HA... I learned how to bike in less than 3 hours.. YEY! I'm a fast learner, am I not? 

The park was full of various flowers.. and many many many BEAUTIFUL Sakura Trees... we brought a lot of foods too... that was super great experience, much more enjoyable compared to our Sankeien trip.. ;) The place was lovely!!! 

Here are our pics ;)...

Lovely tulips that will make you smile :)

Tulips and a lot of flowers everywhere... weeee

^_______^

Don't know why, I just love this shot ^_^

We were acting like we own the place.. ha ha ha

Me trying to steady my balance.. ;)

Sakura... oh you're so close to me.. <3

 A group pic to end a wonderful Hanami 2012... ^_^

Japanese and those people living in the area where there's Spring... are very lucky... witnessing Sakura blossoms every year is a gift... And I am happy indeed that at least, I was able to witness such beauty.. All I could do now is to cherish this experience... This is one of the happenings in my life I would never forget ^__^... 

till next time...

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