This weeks school activity was Hanami.
Hanami litterally means “flower viewing”. Ever year around this time the cherry blossom trees start blooming, there are different kind of cherry flowers, they can have different shapes and the colors may vary from white to a dark pink (I always thought all the cherry flowers look the same).
We went to the Ohoori park, wich is a beautiful park with a sea, to watch the cherry blossom.
For hanami a lot of people meet and do a picnic while watching the cherry blossom, usally they gather with theyr family or friends to celebrate hanami. Sadly the cherry blossom trees only bloom for 1-2 weeks and than fall of, but that is what makes them so special.
Another thing that I really liked was that there were a lot of food stalls at the Ohoori park, they had all kind of interesting foods. I got to try yakitori, taiyaki, hanami dango and my teacher was even so nice and shared her takoyaki with me so that I could have a try of them. Everything was so delicious !!!
My very first Hanami was a great experience, I got to eat delicious japanese festival food and watched the pretty cherry blossom trees.
-Katie
