I hear that in Tokyo, in Ueno, for example, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom already, but here in Nagoya, they are just starting out. This weekend, we had a big thunderstorm, so hopefully not too much has been washed away, but the blossoms have just started. On Friday before I went to work I went over to Meijo Koen and took a few pictures on the way and in the park itself:

  

  

I particularly like this picture, because it shows a contrast between two wildly different views of Japan: a pachinko parlor and cherry blossoms.

I hope to take a lot more cherry blossom pictures this year in the next few weeks…