Welcoming the Spring!
Today was a beautiful day! After a long spell of winter and sudden snowfalls, Spring has finally arrived in Sendai. I went for a Hanami picnic with my fellow MEXT scholars to the iconic town of Ogawara , which has more than 1000 sakura (cherry blossoms) trees along the banks of Shiroishi river. Hanami literally means watching the blossoms open up, appreciating the beautiful Nature and getting drunk. We spent most of the day walking, gorging on local food and clicking zillions of pictures. The view with the cherry blossoms overlooking the snowcapped Mt. Zao is a beauty to behold. The flowers are at peak bloom only for a couple of days and the trees lose all their glory in a couple of weeks. Its a matter of marvel as well concern that it was snowing just two days ago and now it is warm and sunny! Global warming, climate change? Not sure! As the Spring approached, it was also time to pour out my leftover feelings from the past winter and refresh myself with brighter, happie...
