I totally missed hanami (cherry blossom viewing....or rather having a picnic under a cherry blossom tree with friends who mostly get wasted lol) this year. So when my best friend from elementary invited me to visit her this past spring break, I was happy to know that I could still get a chance to at least go see the cherry blossom trees in Kyoto.
The weather started out real badly, it had rained the whole previous day as well. But by the time we got to her work place (That's right. She gets to work by this beautiful garden everyday. How peaceful...) the rain started to stop and the sun even came out briefly once in a while.
That's obviously her hand lol.
Someone at her job made these and were just outside (drying?) but it looked so pretty so I snapped a shot.
I went to see a traditional Japanese dance performance later that day with my best friend who got some great tickets.
Those special tickets included some Japanese sweets and tea. The maikos, as seen in this picture, served us some tea! I'm not much of a fan of Japanese sweets (toooooo sweet) but we got to keep the little plate as a souvenir.
That was the stage, which also extended to the sides. It had some trap doors lol, it was hilarious and unexpected to see them pop up or disappear. I enjoyed the show so much. The colors, make up, kimonos,... it was really beautiful.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who got hungry reading that bus stop's name, lol =P
Anyway, I'm still anxiously waiting for warmer weather... I hope the weather is a lot better wherever you are<3
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