Hanami

"Hanami" is basically a picnic under the cherry blossoms with all your friends, snacks and some alcohol. It is a popular past time in Japan with foreigners and locals alike. Unfortunately this only lasts around 1 week in April, so I tried to make the most of it! I had visited Japan before this was my first experience with hanami and I must say it was really amazing. I was a little surprised as cherry blossom flowers are often depicted as pink fluffy flowers, when in reality most are actually more of a white colour. However I was not disappointed in the experience at all. Sitting on a blue mat watching the breeze blow tiny petals into my ume shu (plum alcohol), listening to the guy next to me strum at his guitar and just generally relaxing was something I would love to do again some day. Crashing your swan boat into couples trying to have a romantic moment in a row boat is also quite amusing.  Public drinking is also rather amusing, I really like having picnics, we need to do this more often. Also watching someone fall onto a group of random strangers while trying to put on their shoes was rather hilarious. Ahhh, 帰りたくないよ！ Enjoy the photos! One day I will edit them on photoshop…maybe.

For thoes of you interested about my life in Tokyo, or awesome Japan stuff in general, here is my Tumblr with photos (usually different to deviant art ones)

kitsunekinoko.tumblr.com/

I also post videos on youtube of cool stuff i see in Japan

www.youtube.com/user/sharvani1…


enjoy!