Alex Quinn's Japan Journal

4/10/2005, Cherry blossoms (hanami) in Tatsuno

Akemi read something online that the tiny town of Tatsuno is a good place for viewing cherry blossoms (hanami).  Tatsuno is near Aioi, so we decided to make a go of it.  We rented bikes at the train station in Tatsuno and spent a few hours riding around to various spots with lots of beautiful cherry trees in full bloom.  The weather was perfect.  It was warm, but not too hot and the skies were gorgeous.  Tatsuno is a little out of the way (you have to take two trains) so it wasn't too crowded.  It was just perfect.

At a historic building in Tatsuno.

Other people relaxing in the shade of the cherry trees.

Akemi and me with cherry blossoms.

Akemi and me with cherry blossoms.

I see two colors of blossoms here.

I got some ice cream along the way.

Gorgeous cherry blossoms.

We also spent some time just lounging around.

I rather like this picture of the two of us under the trees.

I saw this theme everywhere - people taking pictures of cherry blossoms.

Here we are again in a quaint little park in Tatsuno.

A street lined with cherry blossoms.

A woman taking pictures of the cherry blossoms.

I saw this field while we were riding in Tatsuno.  I thought it was pretty.

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