We went to Hirosaki yesterday and the cherry blossoms DID bloom! and the sun DID shine! It was perfect, in spite of the forecasts predicting otherwise! This is us in front of the moat that surrounds the castle (in the background).
Bridge over the moat - very popular picture spot. This place was jam packed with people taking pictures later in the day.
Everybody brought tarps, and by lunch time the entire castle grounds were covered with families and friends having picnics and enjoying one of the few warm days of spring that we've had so far.
Sakura = Cherry Blossom
Sakura tunnel
Festival stands...
We found a table by the river to eat our fried noodles.
There was lots of different food... Most of it was on a stick as you would expect at a festival.
But it was amazing how much variety you could find in stick food. Octopus on a stick, snails on a stick, clams on a stick...
chocolate covered bananas on a stick...
and of course sausage on a stick.
My favorite food though was the apple ice cream served in the shape of a flower.
or maybe the sakura flavored ice cream... it's hard to decide:-)
Glad you guys are having fun traveling and that it's getting warmer. Great photos. Which of you has the photographic eye? I love the shots of foods on a stick.
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I might have a photographic eye, because I had the camera almost the whole time... Or Chris might have the photographic eye, because he helped me weed through over 200 pictures and pick out a few good ones... Then again, when you take over 200 pictures, some are bound to be good right? :-)
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