hanami humperdinks

well hello there :)

it was thundering and lightening and pouring down with rain all day yesterday and last night, but here in nippon we all awoke to a GLORIOUS sun-sparkling day today :). perfect for our picnic in the park. during cherry blossom season (which lasts 2 weeks max) all the japanese flock to cherry blossom trees, lay out their blue plastic tarpaulins and sit themselves down for a feasting on all sorts of random food and most importantly sake. this ritual is called hanami. so we did it too! nolan, tamao, david and i ventured into yooga, tokyo, to a huge park called kinuta koen. armed with a blue plastic tarpaulin of our own, a mish-mash of food and 2 BIG cartons of sake we picked a lovely spot underneath some hugely grand cherry blossom trees in a sort of quieter area in the park. there we spent the next 4 hours or so eating, drinking, talking shit, listening to the crows and soaking in the rays. it really was quite nice. until the wind picked up and the sake began to spill. we took our leave of the heavenly trees and train-ed all the sleepy way back to fuj.

but POOS. i can't seem to upload the photos to the gallery...! grrrrr! will try again tomorrow. then you'll see what the rantin' and ravin' was all about :) cheerio! xx

http://wedged.showcard.co.nz/gallery/album04