Sakura Blossoms close up
They really are very beautiful. I went to hanami with my host parents on Saturday morning and then again with my friend on Sunday (yesterday) afternoon. Hanami is like a picnic. You go and sit under the sakura trees and eat yummy food and a usually people drink.
It was such a beautiful morning
I woke up on Saturday morning at about 7:45 and wander downstairs. Breakfast is usually around 8. I'm still in my pajamas and my hair is all crazy and my host mom (who is up at 5 every morning) is like, "Papa and I are going to go to Hanami for breakfast. Want to come? We are leaving in 5 minutes." My reaction "....huh? (I had just gotten up like 3 minutes ago) ... okay." So I threw on jeans and a sweatshirt and put my hair up and we went to hanami.
Me under the Sakura trees.
It actually turned out to be really nice. I got to take some pictures with my host parents finally. And the blossoms were beautiful. We went to a park called Mitsu Ike Koen (3 Pond Park). It is so named because there are three ponds there. It was only like 8 in the morning, but there were already tons of people. I probably should have put something nicer on.
Me and my host mom and dad
On Sunday I went with my friend Rina. We actually ended up going to the same park, but I like it. And it is pretty close to my station. I met her at Tsurumi Station on my way back from church. I love when I get to go to church here. Anyway, we had our lunch and a nice chat and then we wandered through the park.
Rina and myself
There is this huge roller slide there. It's amazing fun. Yes, we decided that we weren't too big to stand in line with a bunch of little kids for ten minutes to get our turn.
This is us at the very end. Yeah, we got a few funny looks...
After that we ended up trying to find purikura, but failed. I can't believe there are no purikura places around Shin-Yokohama Station! But we did find an imported foods store. Those are always fun to wander around. They even had root beer, but I didn't buy it. That is one thing I can't wait to have when I get home. Root beer and pizza. Yum....
