I finally got to experience something famous in Japan: Hanami! Flower viewing, usually relating to Sakura season, is a tradition that everyone in Japan, no matter how old, can enjoy. After waiting anxiously for the Sakura to start blooming, they finally did! Yay! To view them, I took my friend and I to Tsuyama Castle, which has hundreds of Sakura trees. Once we arrived and walked to the castle grounds, we were immediately surrounded by gorgeous blooming cherry blossoms.
Tsuyama Castle had a lot of stairs that led to all kinds of different locations all around the castle grounds. Everywhere, there were large blue tarps that everyone could sit on the have a picnic, though most of them were already full of families bbq'ing. So, we stopped to eat lunch near a balcony that overlooked a river of Sakura. As well as the warm weather, there were pretty petals that fluttered around in the wind. Everywhere you looked, looked like a picturesque scene from a movie. It was really nice how everyone flocked in crowds to enjoy something that lasted for only a couple of weeks. I went to Kurashiki a couple of days ago to see if there were any blossoms left, and they were all gone. It definitely made me glad I enjoyed them in Tsuyama while I could.
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