See! My favorite big old Sakura tree is now in full bloom!
(see March 18, 2002)

This old tree must be standing here for hundreds of years...
I feel very strange but warm feelings to think about it : )



Fallen petals spread all over the street are not bad, either.
Even the unknown, plain, green bush can seem "festive" with these
pink petals from sakura trees : )

Sakura, or cherry blossoms season doesn't last long.
It lasts only one week or 10 days at longest.
But that brief life beautifies itself,
and Japanese love the virtue of such simplicity.

Sakura is our national flower : )


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