Ma ma desu...

Another burnt out Sakura photo, sorry... I just love the bench with garbage can and the red signs.

Don't forget Onigiri, rice ball.....
Care to try your own rice ball? I'll show you how to make it one day.....


Usually there's no Hanami without Yakiniku or at least having lunch under the Sakura trees :). It is a bbq party a la Japanese people.

Hanami today took place on the hill. I'm sorry the house in the background is blurred.

It seemed that the plan to Sakura sightseeing was not going very well, raining all day. I had to struggle with camera in my right hand and umbrella in the other hand :). Just hope the camera is okey since it got quite wet because of rain. Well, that's my excuse for not getting some good photos, haha....I did post processing, of course. Why it is always burnt out? Oh, from what I read last night, it's called white clipped.....
Hiro San : Hanami wa doo desu ka? (how was the hanami?)
Yuri San : Ma ma desu (it's just okey)

Onegaisimasu...

Should you be in Japan in October and anywhere near or in Hiroshima, you'll surely want to get to the Saijo Sake Matsuri. As in every festival in Japan, food vendors will participate selling various kind of food at the stalls along the road. I was offered by this young boy to try his food, and with my tricky way pretending to be a tourist I offered him back to take a photo of him. He felt reluctant and shy as seen here, yet finally said yes.