Hanami Time

[deniisu]

It's a little late this year, but spring has come to Chiba. (I can already feel the humidity rising. Yuck.) The sakura finally decided to bloom this week, so on Saturday I went to to the park for hanami. I went with three of my students and the students they teach. So there were three Japanese people, one American, one Korean, one Taiwanese, and

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[spacealien_vamp]

I love your pictures! They're so much sharper than mine. (There are drawbacks to using a videocamera to take snapshots.) The fubuki one is especially impressive.

[deniisu]

Thanks! I took some pictures using my camcorder at the Naked Man Festival, but I haven't been able to figure out how to see them yet. (^_^;;;) We'll see how they turn out, I guess.

I'm glad I went out this weekend, because it's been raining all morning, so the sakura will probably all be gone by tomorrow. (Except for the late blooming varieties.)

[sara_tanaquil]

I am FILLED with envy for the pretty. Beautiful pictures!

Sob, I can't do Japan twice in one year... there will have to be a hanami trip in some future unknown year. (Though I guess the catch is, it's hard to know exactly when the sakura will bloom? Does it actually happen simultaneously all over the country, or is it more like the gradual peaking of fall leaves in New England?)

Oh, and that picture of the feast is making me HUNGRY.

[deniisu]

Though I guess the catch is, it's hard to know exactly when the sakura will bloom?
Yep, that's the tricky part. They were quite late this year. My parents were here around this time (? I think) last year, and they were pretty much over.

Does it actually happen simultaneously all over the country, or is it more like the gradual peaking of fall leaves in New England?
It's gradual; Here's a map to give you a better idea. I'm not sure when they made that map, but the actual dates were quite a bit later than that this year.

Mysterious food...

[anonymous]

Hey, I'm Helschadenfreude from AOD. The mystery food looks like jellyfish... but you probably know that.

Trees are very pretty.... Um... were you being sacrastic about the lovely view picture, which would have been if not for the trash?

Re: Mysterious food...

[deniisu]

The mystery food looks like jellyfish...
Nah, it wasn't jellyfish. The picture does kind of make it look that way, but it wasn't. It was some kind of shredded vegetable.

Um... were you being sacrastic about the lovely view picture, which would have been if not for the trash?
Yeah, that was sarcasm. ^_^;;;;

[okashii123]

heehee...wandered to your lj from bl_drama. your stories about living in jpn are nice to read ^^ Btw, i think the word for a citizen from thailand is just simply a Thai. anywayz, cya around and nice to know ya ^_^

[deniisu]

Huh, I just doubled-checked with wikipedia and it looks like you're right. That seems strange to me instinctively, because I know it's rude to call someone from Japan or China (etc) "a Japanese" or "a Chinese." Eh, English is stupid.

Anyway, glad you like reading my journal, though I'm sorry to say I don't really keep it updated anymore.