Hanami: The Perfect Picnic

"Hanami" is written with the characters 花見 literally meaning "flower" and "to see." So when all your friends say, "Do you want to go to Osaka Castle and go Hanami?" your only reply can be "yes!"

Enjoying the flowers around sunset.

The Sakura (cherry) trees in Japan are just beautiful, and the best part is they are not just on one street in the city, they are everywhere! Unfortunately, once they bloom, the blossoms have about 2 weeks before they are blown away by seasonal winds. That is why everybody and their Grandmothers go out and picnic in early April.

David snacking on his fried chicken Lunch.


The classic picturesque sakura blossoms.


I thought these blossoms looked like fireworks!


Sakura on one side of the river, skyscrapers on the other.

I cannot fully show you how gorgeous this was, the flowers just twinkle in the sun, the grass is green, the weather had just got warm...I literally have about 100 pictures from a mere 3 hours of this day and I cannot begin to explain how hard it was to choose pictures for the blog. I hope I picked a few good ones!

You just can't help but smile~