{"id":1131,"date":"2017-05-06T20:20:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T11:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brighture.jp\/b-blog\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2017-05-07T09:21:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T00:21:44","slug":"in-full-bloom%ef%bc%8f%e6%ba%80%e9%96%8b%e3%81%ae%e6%a1%9c%e3%81%ae%e4%b8%8b%e3%81%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brighture.jp\/b-blog\/1131","title":{"rendered":"In Full Bloom\uff0f\u6e80\u958b\u306e\u685c\u306e\u4e0b\u3067"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, yes. I had to write a piece about Cherry Blossoms. Get over it.<\/p>\r\n

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So it was 2014. My Japanese mother-in-law was visiting Cebu for the first time and we were in a taxi on the way to the hotel. Looking around the dusty streets of the city I proudly call home, she passingly quips, \u201cNot a lot of flowers in Cebu.\u201d I was well aware that she was not being rude or anything. She is a very nice woman who never misses a chance to smile. It was not even a question. It was an observation, that\u2019s all. But without missing a beat, I quickly snapped \u201cThere are!\u201d Somebody really ought to tape my mouth in times like this. Because when I took a peek outside which, to nobody\u2019s surprise, was really sans any flora, I had to repeat \u201cThere are!.. just … not here.\u201d Yes, mine is a stubbornness that does not falter even in the face of in-laws.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Caption: And I wasn\u2019t lying! Here\u2019s my adorable nephew in an out-of-the-way flower farm in Cebu.\u3000\u79c1\u304c\u5618\u4ed8\u3044\u3066\u305f\u308f\u3051\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044\u3002\u3053\u308c\u306f\u79c1\u306e\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044\u7525\u3063\u5b50\u304c\u30bb\u30d6\u306e\u4eba\u91cc\u96e2\u308c\u305f\u304a\u82b1\u7551\u306b\u3044\u308b\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3002<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Granted, heart-stopping visions of green and carmine hues are few and have to be scoured in my city. But it always puzzled me how that could possibly be somebody\u2019s first observation of Cebu…

\r\n\r\n…until I was left stunned by the feast of colors that springtime ushers. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In 2015, I walked the Sakura Street of Osaka and the grounds of the lovely Osaka castle which was graced by rich tints other than the famed Cherry Blossoms. As soon as I saw the parade of colors that lined the streets, my heart went full throttle and my eyes burst wide with amazement. I was too intoxicated with excitement I actually had to pretend to act all calm and said \u201c\u307e\u3042\u307e\u3042\u304b\u306a\u301c\u201d That\u2019s just how my bloated ego deals with being flabbergasted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Believe me when I say that I\u2019ve been waiting for spring since arriving in Tokyo in the dead of winter. Much to my husband\u2019s gloom, I had this year\u2019s entire Hanami all planned out since January – complete with routes to take, schedules to follow and daily (oh yes, daily!) updates of the Sakura forecast. I\u2019m usually an inside, away-from-the-crowd kind of person and I initially thought that the whole tarp-laying, barbecue-munching, sun-basking routine of Hanami was overrated. I mean, I\u2019m here for the flowers. Just let me watch them and move on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But Hanami comes with beer. I just had to do it. There\u2019s nothing more motivating than a pint of that sweet drink. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Home now after a day of Sakura viewing, I realize that I was wrong (I don\u2019t say this often so believe me when I do). Hanami is not at all overrated. Hanami is not an overvalued tradition stretched beyond its time. Between nibbles of karaage and gulps of beer, I really do not remember much of the day except the laughs, the good time and the arresting shade of pink perfectly framed by the blue spring sky – and that is more than enough to make me believe in its spell. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

I am now in the middle of planning to next year\u2019s session so tell me if you want in. Wait, sorry, I\u2019ve had a bit of a drink \u2026 did I mention it comes with beer?<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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