Shortly after returning to Japan from my Malaysian sojourn, Sakura Season began. This is the fleeting time of the year when the Japanese Cherry Trees bloom and the streets are awash with pink flower blossoms. Every year our friend (and local bar owner) Ingrid throws a hanami (or flower viewing) party in Tokushima Castle Park and so on an overcast Sunday in March about 50 of us descended on the park for a picnic.
Ingrid had gone to the trouble of reserving us a spot - done by laying out and pegging down a tarp that has your name written on it, the night before - and on the day we all slipped off our shoes and sat together on our bright blue "gaikokujin" (foreigner) tarp to enjoy the cherry blossoms.
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